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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 07:52:45 -0700 From: David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> To: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] USB: Only enable autosuspend by default on certain device classes On Friday 03 August 2007, Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:06:08PM -0700, David Brownell wrote: > > > 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) for 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? > > Not everyone who uses USB devices uses X. True, but for desktop users there doesn't seem to be any real counter-argument to my point. > It's a bit difficult to pop up a "unscrew my printer" dialog when you're > on the console. Right. Remotely operated systems (like servers) might need some kind of "default assume-broken" setting. - Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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