[media] em28xx: prefer bulk mode on webcams

Using bulk mode allows more than one webcam, as the maximum fps
is low at 640x480 resolution. So, prefer it, if the device is
a webcam.

Tested with Silvercrest 1.3 Mpixel webcam (em2710) on both bulk and isoc
modes.

Tested analog with HVR-950 model 65201/A1C0 (em2883), where only ISOC
endpoints are available for both DVB and Analog.

Tested on Hauppauge WinTV USB 2 (em2840) on both bulk and isoc modes.

It should be noticed that enabling bulk mode by default with TV boards
is a bad idea; what happens is that, while with ISOC the USB logic will
prevent the concurrent usage of two devices that spends more than 100%
of the USB2 traffic, it doesn't care with bulk transfers.

On my tests, I started two streams, one with a WinTV at 640x480x30fps
and the other one with a Silvercrest webcam at 640x480, on a lower fps)
both on bulk mode. One of the streams always silently failed.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-cards.c b/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-cards.c
index 1f90a8a..ad6c800 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-cards.c
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ static unsigned int card[]     = {[0 ... (EM28XX_MAXBOARDS - 1)] = UNSET };
 module_param_array(card,  int, NULL, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(card,     "card type");
 
-static unsigned int prefer_bulk;
+static int prefer_bulk = -1;
 module_param(prefer_bulk, int, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(prefer_bulk, "prefer USB bulk transfers");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(prefer_bulk, "prefer USB bulk transfers (-1 = auto, 0 = isoc, 1 = bulk)");
 
 
 /* Bitmask marking allocated devices from 0 to EM28XX_MAXBOARDS - 1 */
@@ -3170,7 +3170,7 @@ static int em28xx_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
        struct em28xx *dev = NULL;
        int retval;
        bool has_audio = false, has_video = false, has_dvb = false;
-       int i, nr;
+       int i, nr, try_bulk;
        const int ifnum = interface->altsetting[0].desc.bInterfaceNumber;
        char *speed;
 
@@ -3344,14 +3344,6 @@ static int em28xx_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
                goto err_free;
        }
 
-       /* Select USB transfer types to use */
-       if (has_video &&
-           (!dev->analog_ep_isoc || (prefer_bulk && dev->analog_ep_bulk)))
-               dev->analog_xfer_bulk = 1;
-       if (has_dvb &&
-           (!dev->dvb_ep_isoc || (prefer_bulk && dev->dvb_ep_bulk)))
-               dev->dvb_xfer_bulk = 1;
-
        dev->devno = nr;
        dev->model = id->driver_info;
        dev->alt   = -1;
@@ -3402,7 +3394,29 @@ static int em28xx_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
                goto unlock_and_free;
        }
 
+       if (prefer_bulk < 0) {
+               if (dev->board.is_webcam)
+                       try_bulk = 1;
+               else
+                       try_bulk = 0;
+       } else {
+               try_bulk = prefer_bulk > 0;
+       }
+
+       /* Select USB transfer types to use */
+       if (has_video) {
+           if (!dev->analog_ep_isoc || (try_bulk && dev->analog_ep_bulk))
+               dev->analog_xfer_bulk = 1;
+               em28xx_info("analog set to %s mode.\n",
+                           dev->analog_xfer_bulk ? "bulk" : "isoc");
+       }
        if (has_dvb) {
+           if (!dev->dvb_ep_isoc || (try_bulk && dev->dvb_ep_bulk))
+               dev->dvb_xfer_bulk = 1;
+
+               em28xx_info("dvb set to %s mode.\n",
+                           dev->dvb_xfer_bulk ? "bulk" : "isoc");
+
                /* pre-allocate DVB usb transfer buffers */
                if (dev->dvb_xfer_bulk) {
                        retval = em28xx_alloc_urbs(dev, EM28XX_DIGITAL_MODE,