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

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1110141559220.14768@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:00:24 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
	Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>, 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, Alan Stern wrote:

> In addition, unlike keyboards, a lot of mice don't work very well when 
> they are suspended.  For example, many won't wake up when they are 
> moved (especially optical mice) and some don't even wake up when a 
> button is pressed.

To stress it even more, I have tried with various types and brands of 
optical mouse, and I haven't encountered a single one that would wake up 
when moved.

> This patch definitely should not be merged.

I am not planning to do that.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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