Re: USB power accounting at root hub level

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Am Dienstag, 26. Juli 2011, 10:17:59 schrieb Ming Lei:
> > This precise instruction is a fairly clear indication that the
> > rhdev->bus_mA value is a per-port limit and not a global hub limit.
> > Otherwise, there wouldn't have been this maximum value of 500mA.
> 
> I understand 500mA is shared by all bus-powered devices attached to
> the port of root hub, so rhdev->bus_mA should be used as global value.
> And for each individual port of root hub, the max power is 500mA.

Some very small battery powered devices (IIRC it was reported for a
device called Spitz by Pavel Machek) cannot supply the full 500mA.
Hence we have code to deal with this special situation.

	Regards
		Oliver
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