On Monday 16 October 2006 8:04 am, Alan Stern wrote: > > > > Do you have mice that do not require button push to wake up? > > > > > > It doesn't matter. The mouse descriptors don't specify whether motion is > > > a wakeup event, so we have to assume that any mouse will send a wakeup > > > request only when a button is pressed. This makes it impossible to do > > > idle-time suspending. > > > > That is a bit strong. I'd say this should mean that idle-time suspending > > isn't the default, but for those devices that readily wake, it still can > > save > > energy. > > How does the kernel find out whether a particular mouse will wake up in > response to motion?
There's always "userspace configuration", to cope with the evident reality that the USB descriptors don't provide all the answers. Probably a bit specifically for autosuspend. I suspect the kernel might benefit from a bit in the tables of devices that it recognizes ... maybe with vendor defaults. - Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
