Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] error to be returned while suspended | | Date | Thu, 5 Oct 2006 18:35:21 +0200 |
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Am Donnerstag, 5. Oktober 2006 18:21 schrieb Alan Stern: > Currently we don't have any userspace APIs for such a daemon to use. The > only existing API is deprecated and will go away soon.
I trust it'll be replaced.
> Current thinking is that a driver will suspend its device whenever the > device isn't in use. With usblp, that would be whenever the device file > isn't open. See the example code in usb-skeleton.c.
In the general case the idea seems insufficient. If I close my laptop's lid I want all input devices suspended, whether the corresponding files are opened or not. In fact, if I have port level power control I might even want to cut power to them.
Regards Oliver
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