Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755293AbXHCGG0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2007 02:06:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754352AbXHCGGL (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2007 02:06:11 -0400 Received: from smtp109.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([68.142.229.96]:20360 "HELO smtp109.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754203AbXHCGGK (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2007 02:06:10 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=pacbell.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:From:To:Subject:Date:User-Agent:Cc:References:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Disposition:Message-Id; b=q1RgjS1p2f7niuNi1ti5800My1FOE0NuJY52K++U7fHwpGNM7hHTOhJV5nfXKv78b/waKtOWDi9XZBxhP6yuB3zhCrFxH8+y/nk5TmLyvnLHkUimebKcP3DPqvBCp7jrJtygw05CBcaYNuBHeKKCNwWhMupi7x0jGjvJCj7HAsI= ; X-YMail-OSG: 5mIPHxQVM1lUgVIEDj7HcE4kAp0Mv3Sz3n8c2QDZKTKTldfVHDzDa2eiqQBEBxWxVf4e2GCTvci7g4ngjaPYVb5KYq_cF8UQMY3KitjUo5X9QM6L6MLZnUTY8tFp.XQS.YzSe.Fj2zHdww-- From: David Brownell To: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] USB: Only enable autosuspend by default on certain device classes Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 23:06:08 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 Cc: linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20070802235613.GA9487@srcf.ucam.org> <20070803011505.GA32589@suse.de> <20070803014756.GA10392@srcf.ucam.org> In-Reply-To: <20070803014756.GA10392@srcf.ucam.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200708022306.08410.david-b@pacbell.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1062 Lines: 23 On Thursday 02 August 2007, Matthew Garrett wrote: > The main > concern I have is that kernel developers just don't tend to be the sort > of people that use webcams, printers or scanners, so we're relying on > normal users to go to the effort of reporting that their device has > stopped working. True, that rather suggests that some more desktoppy (that's now a word!) people should get involved. Folk who know how to minimize that pain. 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) fpr 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? - Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/