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

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Message-ID: <1327a9251c74587670970baa0f662cd61006f576.camel@suse.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 May 2021 10:31:45 +0200
From:   Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To:     Qiang Ma <maqianga@...ontech.com>, jikos@...nel.org,
        benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: usbhid: enable remote wakeup for mouse

Am Montag, den 17.05.2021, 14:01 +0800 schrieb Qiang Ma:
> This patch enables remote wakeup by default for USB mouse
> devices.  Mouse in general are supposed to be wakeup devices, but
> the correct place to enable it depends on the device's bus; no single
> approach will work for all mouse devices.  In particular, this
> covers only USB mouse (and then only those supporting the boot
> protocol).
> 

Hi,

have you tested this? In my experience the issue with mice
is that they wake up only when you press a mouse button, not when you
move the mouse. Do we make a promise we cannot keep here?

	Regards
		Oliver