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

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Date:	Thu, 2 Aug 2007 23:06:08 -0700
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] USB: Only enable autosuspend by default on certain device classes

On Thursday 02 August 2007, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> The main 
> concern I have is that kernel developers just don't tend to be the sort 
> of people that use webcams, printers or scanners, so we're relying on 
> normal users to go to the effort of reporting that their device has 
> stopped working.

True, that rather suggests that some more desktoppy (that's now a word!)
people should get involved.  Folk who know how to minimize that pain.

Sometimes when I plug in a USB device I get a dialog asking if I want to
configure it ... surely it would be possible to have that mechanism also
consult a database (part of a distro, or on some web server) fpr info
about the device, and offer the option for to poke at the device a bit to
see if it behaves.  That stuff works for music CDs; why not USB devices?

- Dave

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