On Sat, 12 May 2007, Alan Stern wrote: > > While we are at it usb related powerhogs on this macbook pro are > > uhci_hcd (usb keyboard) and usb_hcd_poll_rh_status (rh_timer_func) > > too... > They would use less power if the UHCI host controller were suspended. > But obviously it cannot be suspended while devices attached to it (such > as the USB keyboard and the appletouch device) remain active.
A sidenote for completness, when this has been mentioned: Oliver has been working on autosuspend support for HID devices, he sent me some (yet incomplete) patches some time ago. So autosuspending of USB keyboards/mice/etc. is being worked on. Oliver, do you have any update please? Thanks, -- Jiri Kosina - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
