Re: [RFC][PATCH] MMC: Use write timeout value as read from CSR

[Pierre Ossman <drzeus-mmc@drzeus.cx>]

On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 16:12:03 +0100
"Matt Fleming" <mattjfleming@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Currently, the MMC/SD over SPI code has a hard-coded timeout value of
> 250ms on writes. This is correct for SD cards and is specified in the
> spec, but it is not correct for MMC cards. For MMC cards the values
> that is read from the CSR should be used.
> 
> There is already code to ensure that the write timeout value for SD
> cards does not exceed 250ms, this patch only affects the MMC case.
> 

This actually isn't fully correct for SD either as it only specifies
that 250 ms is the upper bound on the timeout.

I believe the proper way of solving this is to have mmc_spi respect the
timeouts set in the request structure. Modify mmc_set_data_timeout() if
necessary.

Rgds
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