Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Oct 2006 13:21:05 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] error to be returned while suspended |
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On Thu 2006-10-05 18:35:21, Oliver Neukum wrote: > 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.
It does not seem that API was that useful after all.
> > 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.
I do not see how this is useful. Pavel
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