On Mon, 19 Aug 2013, Bjørn Mork wrote: > Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > No doubt somebody would complain if the counter was removed. Who added > > it in the first place, and for what reason? > > Who and why is pretty well documented: > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4d59d8a11383ebf0e0260ee481a4e766959fd7d9 > > Thanks to Sarah and git. Thanks for locating that (I'm not using at my regular computer today so I don't have access to my git repository). The commit message says clearly that urbnum was added specifically for use by powertop. It seems reasonable to assume that powertop won't mind very much if the number is off by some small factor. Alan Stern -- 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
