On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 08:36:30PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 11:09:16PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Greg KH wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 03:46:35PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > > Greg:
> > > > 
> > > > It's finally time to submit the USB autosuspend patches.
> > > > 
> > > > This cover message is pretty brief, since the major points were 
> > > > described
> > > > in an earlier email:
> > > > 
> > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=115316128104011&w=2
> > > 
> > > Ok, they're in.
> > 
> > I got about a dozen "This is a note to let you know that I've just added
> > the patch" messages in a row!  :-)
> 
> Well, this was more for the rest of linux-usb-devel, which should not
> have gotten those messages :)

Oh crap, they did, sorry everyone.

/me goes off to kick his shell scripts around some more...

> > > Just one question, what about devices that are on the bus, but not
> > > attached to any driver?  If that happens, the hub is never suspended,
> > > right?
> > > 
> > > If that's true, should we come up with a "generic" driver (for lack of a
> > > better name), that binds to a device if no one else does so that it can
> > > kick the usage count properly?  It would be kicked off whenever another
> > > driver wanted the device of course.
> > 
> > I thought of that.  Take a look at driver.c:suspend_device().  If the 
> > device isn't bound to a driver, it gets a standard USB port suspend.  
> > There's no corresponding code in resume_device(), so the device will 
> > remain suspended until some driver is probed for it.
> > 
> > Similarly, as long as an interface isn't bound to a driver, its usage
> > count will remain at 0.  Hence it won't interfere with any autosuspend of
> > the device.
> 
> Ah, ok, very nice.  I'll have to try this out on my laptop now.  It has
> a built in fingerprint reader that isn't used at all, but is connected
> to USB all the time.
> 
> Is there a kernel message when the busses shutdown and then come back
> up?

Nevermind, I see it :)

thanks,

greg k-h

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