linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25-rc6: CONFIG_USB

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Message-Id: <200806092156.55883.oliver@neukum.org>
Date:	Mon, 9 Jun 2008 21:56:54 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...uxfoundation.org>, gregkh@...e.de,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...uxfoundation.org>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc6: CONFIG_USB_PERSIST forced on

Am Montag 09 Juni 2008 17:44:21 schrieb Alan Stern:
> > You might argue that you deserve what you get when you hibernate
> > while printing, but then it makes no sense to implement it anyhow,
> > disconnection and reconnection work just as well and are cleaner.
> > The same is true for many devices.
> 
> In which case the correct approach is the second one I mentioned (which 
> you omitted in your reply): Make usbcore unbind drivers that don't 
> support reset_resume.

Good news.
Do you have such a patch? The current default is very drastic.

	Regards
		Oliver

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