Re: proposal for switching off stuff for external ports

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On Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Sarah Sharp wrote:

> > Oliver was pointing out that if none of the attached devices are FS/LS 
> > then the companion controller and all its ports could be powered off.  
> > The EHCI driver knows when a new FS/LS device gets attached, so it 
> > could arrange for the companion controller to power back on at that 
> > time.
> 
> Yep, that might help on some other system with a port power off
> mechanism, but not for Lynx Point.  I'm pretty sure Lynx Point only has
> EHCI rate matching hubs, and no companion controllers.

That's probably going to be true for all systems that support 
port-power switching.

Alan Stern

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