On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Robert Marquardt wrote: > This is completely devastating. > There *must* be a match of the power requirements of the configuration > and the port. Currently the device gets configured with a high power > configuration on a low power port. > This can trigger the overcurrent protection of a bus powered hub which > usually then switches off completely dragging down three other innocent > devices. > > Please tell me that Linux kernel programmers are not that idiotic.
It's not a question of idiocy. It's a question of having too much to do, not enough time to do it in, and nobody who has complained about this particular misfeature (until you). Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
