Messages in this thread | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/10] PM: Add flag for devices capable of generating run-time wake-up events | Date | Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:23:15 +0100 |
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Am Montag, 16. November 2009 22:00:49 schrieb Alan Stern: > > > What if the user wants to override the kernel's setting? Should there > > > be a sysfs attribute controlling the flag? > > > > > > I have no plans for adding anything like that. > > So if the kernel makes a mistake here, the user won't be able to > correct it.
If the kernel cannot tell whether a device can generate a request for remote wakeup, how would it know the enable such requests? Now we might come to a device that has a flatly wrong firmware, but has that really been encountered in the wild?
Regards Oliver
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