Am Freitag 03 August 2007 schrieb Matthew Garrett:
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:01:08PM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
>
> > Seems to me it ought to be practical to organize a database that can
> > be consulted by an outcall from udev, disabling autosuspend on devices
> > which are known to be broken. The "modules.usbmap" syntax is an obvious
> > place to start (painful though it is), and I'm sure there are folk who
> > would prefer web-accessible/updatable databases.
>
> It's certainly possible to do that, but it's also possible to have a
> userspace solution that whitelists devices. The question is whether the
> default kernel behaviour should be "Save power, but potentially break
> some of my devices" or "Don't break my devices, but use some more
> powre".
If both options have drawbacks, IMHO we follow the standard, which
says that devices must support suspension.
Regards
Oliver
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