On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 07:42:57AM -0800, David Brownell wrote: > > The current stack doesn't have such a way, but it sounds almost like > you're describing the ability to selectively power down (and back up) > a given hub port ... which USB certainly allows. >
Yes! You've hit the nail right on the head! > To code that you'd need to change the hub driver in usbcore, and also > guarantee you're using hubs that support per-port power switching. > Most external hubs do; many root hubs don't. > Lack of power control on hub ports is a bummer, but something I suppose I could work around considering the specialized nature of my application. I'll do some hacking and see if I can get things basicly working. If there's interest in this sort of thing, I can send patches to the list and perhaps someone with more experience in the USB stack than I have can sanitize things for general purpose use. Thanks. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
