Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757639AbZABNiO (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 08:38:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752215AbZABNhy (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 08:37:54 -0500 Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.186]:37225 "EHLO ti-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751119AbZABNhx (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 08:37:53 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; b=k2yaocXOnMm+B9o9kS88L6dRujQgTLT8RBVX12pgrre/bRN9aS3GnZJsduxHUPmW6j 6EGb9jNCqyhRhkqEMNx+ZJR8G59Zfpsa/C5h4xXPK5Kis3/bP6SO9LcvvajATg1j3/5s R/IEpVpGfK1sd+tb+7QPw8TU+J+sUJmCqJ3iY= Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 21:37:44 +0800 From: Yan Li To: "Alexander E. Patrakov" Cc: gregkh@suse.de, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Enable CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND by default or some mobile HD can't be unplugged safely Message-ID: <20090102133744.GB4833@thyme.bj.intel.com> Mail-Followup-To: "Alexander E. Patrakov" , gregkh@suse.de, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20090101160343.GA4278@thyme.bj.intel.com> <495CFE38.6070603@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <495CFE38.6070603@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1030 Lines: 27 On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 10:32:40PM +0500, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > Yan Li wrote: >> On Windows and Mac OS, `safely remove this device' function effectly >> turns it into `suspend' mode, and it's light off. > > You have obviously tested only Windows XP, because Vista doesn't cut the > power for at least some USB devices. And congratulations for obtaining a > Vista-incompatible hard drive (of course, joking). To be honest I tested neither Windows, I just picked up other Linux user's complaints (pretty much online) who are using both Windows and Linux and thus can compare. Curiously, is this change in behavior btw XP and Vista another blunder MSFT made? > BTW, does the "eject /dev/$DEV" command help? Nope. Unlike iPOD this device doesn't honor eject. -- Li, Yan -- 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/