linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: usbhid: enable remote wakeup for mice

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Date:	Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:09:32 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>
cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
	<linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: usbhid: enable remote wakeup for mice

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011, Benson Leung wrote:

> Thanks for the prompt response.
> 
> My initial reasoning was to set as default the wakeup behavior so a
> mouse button press would wake the system. I am well aware that most if
> not all mice don't support wake on move, but at least wake on button
> press would have been more desirable than doing nothing.

I'm sorry, I misunderstood the purpose of the original patch.  Probably 
read it too quickly -- I thought you were enabling autosuspend rather 
than wakeup.

Enabling wakeup by default has its own problems.  Some mice do send
wakeup requests when they are moved.  You wouldn't want a stray motion
or unintentional touch to wake up a sleeping system.  Or at least, a
lot of people wouldn't want that.

> Anyway, I'll solve this problem on my system by writing to wakeup
> property on device attach. Consider my change abandoned.

That seems like the best approach.

Alan Stern

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