Am Freitag 27 Juni 2008 23:28:30 schrieb Ville Syrjälä: > > > Which will also fail the open() itself. Isn't that bad? That is, you can > > > suspend an already open device without the users the device noticing > > > but you can't open it if you happen to suspend it at just the right time. > > > That doesn't strike me as good behaviour for a driver. > > > > Root can also unbind the driver. > > Sure, but in that case the behavior is consistent ie. the device > disappears. Sorry, I chose a bad example. Root can do stupid things like sending control requests that change the configuration, setting or address of a device. The effects are undefined and will differ from driver to driver and open or closedness. Forcibly suspending a device is a testing feature. If root abuses it, he'll have to take the consequences. Regards Oliver -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
