Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765350AbXINO3b (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:29:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753189AbXINO3X (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:29:23 -0400 Received: from iolanthe.rowland.org ([192.131.102.54]:54284 "HELO iolanthe.rowland.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752220AbXINO3X (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:29:23 -0400 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:29:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Alan Stern X-X-Sender: stern@iolanthe.rowland.org To: Adrian Bunk cc: Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , Andrew Morton , , , Oliver Neukum Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] USB autosuspend fixes for 2.6.23-rc6 In-Reply-To: <20070913220543.GJ3563@stusta.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 819 Lines: 23 On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Let me paraphrase the latter: > > Given a distribution shipping with kernel 2.6.23 released in 2007. > > What is the maximum amount of userspace I might have to upgrade > if I'll want to use kernel 2.6.43 released in 2011 (sic) with this > distribution? I can't speak for other parts of the kernel or userspace. Concerning USB autosuspend, you should not have to upgrade anything. You might end up getting better power savings if you did upgrade, but failing to upgrade wouldn't make your power usage any worse. Alan Stern - 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/