On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > For example, we disable runtime PM for most USB devices by default. > > But a few drivers may know that their devices are able to handle it, so > > they want to change the default setting when they are bound. > > Runtime PM is disabled for all devices by default unless the driver enables > it. The setting in power/control is to override the driver's choice, so that > it can be disabled even if the driver tries to enable it. > > IOW, the user space is the owner of the power.runtime_auto flag and I don't > think we should allow drivers to modify it. Okay, I understand your point of view. It means I'll have to make some changes to the USB code. No problem. Alan Stern _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
