linux-kernel - Re: USB autosuspend and turning of usb pendrive leds

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Message-Id: <200709241236.37406.oliver@neukum.org>
Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:36:37 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...os.cz>
Cc:	Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@....nl>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: USB autosuspend and turning of usb pendrive leds

Am Freitag 21 September 2007 schrieb Jiri Kosina:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Hans de Goede wrote:
> 
> > Thats not what I had in mind, autosuspend doesn't work (presumably 
> > because hal keeps polling for media change) maybe I should fix hal to 
> > not keep polling for devices which don't have removable media?
> 
> Hi Hans,
> 
> I think the correct solution is that HAL stops polling the device as soon 
> as it sees that it got autosuspended.

And how would we notice a medium change then? If there's an alternative
way to notice it or we know it cannot happen there's no reason to poll at all.

	Regards
		Oliver



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