On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > All right, maybe it wouldn't if you did it for a short time -- but then > > what would be the point? Surely if you want to power down the network > > interface and leave it that way, you must realize that you can't keep > > live sessions bound to the interface. > > Why? A full suspension of the system does that and we should seek > to be able to do the same.
What happens when the opposite end of a network connection tries to send data to a suspended system? Yes, TCP is pretty aggressive about retries, but doesn't it eventually give up? Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
