linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: Only enable autosuspend by default on certain device classes

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Date:	Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:29:21 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
CC:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, Rogan Dawes <lists@...es.za.net>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>,
	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: Only enable autosuspend by   default on certain
 device classes

On 08/03/2007 01:48 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 10:44:35AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 01:32:53PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>>> But while this is still a likely probability, the chances are no 
>>> distribution is going to ship with CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND enabled.
>> I wouldn't be so sure, I was thinking of doing just that based on an
>> internal conversation I had yesterday.
> 
> Well, we did - with hindsight it may not have been such a great plan :) 
> I believe that Fedora did as well, but have disabled it in an update 
> kernel.

Yeah, autosuspend broke too many devices. Way too many.

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