On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 09:58:06AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jul 2009, Greg KH wrote: > > > > As far as whether a driver-wide or a device-wide parameter is the way to go, > > > I think you could argue it either way. But since implementing it on a > > > per-device basis can be configured to work the same as the driver-wide case, > > > we are looking at ways to do this. One approach is to add a device attribute > > > with read/write capabilities that will have specific value based on the device. > > > Weâ??d be interested in getting your opinion as to whether this approach may > > > meet with further opposition. > > > > Yes, per-device attribute would work, but please follow the standard api > > for this (I think there is one for USB devices, can't recall it at the > > moment, sorry.) > > We already have a per-device sysfs attribute for autosuspend > management; there's no point in adding a new one to do the same thing. Ah, that's what I was thinking of. Great, no need to add anything, just modify the driver a bit to only do this for devices that are known to work properly with it :) thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
