linux-kernel - Re: [linux-usb-devel] error to be returned while suspended

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Date:	Sun, 8 Oct 2006 21:36:48 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>,
	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>,
	USB development list <linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] error to be returned while suspended

Hi!

> > That is, the standard model is useless?  I think you've made
> > a few strange leaps of logic there ... care to fill in those
> > gaps and explain just _why_ that standard model is "useless"???
> > 
> > Recall by the way that the autosuspend stuff kicked off with
> > discussions about exactly how to make sure that Linux could
> > get the power savings inherent in suspending USB root hubs,
> > with remote wakeup enabling use of the mouse on that keyboard.
> > (I remember Len Brown talking to me a few years back about how
> > that was the "last" 2W per controller easily available to save
> > power on Centrino laptops ... now we're almost ready to claim
> > that savings.)
> 
> The most obvious model for suspending keyboards or mice is an inactivity 
> timeout (with the timeout limit set from userspace), but other policies 
> certainly could be useful in specific circumstances.
> 
> Considering that we have virtually no autosuspend capability now, taking
> the first few simple steps will be a big help.  Just getting an
> infrastructure in place is a good start, even without a userspace API.  
> Later on, when we have a better idea of what we want, bells and whistles
> can be added.

<AOL>Mee too</AOL>

Please, lets do few "autosuspend" things, and when we know how it
looks, we can think about doing something more advanced.

								Pavel 

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