Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] USB: Only enable autosuspend by default on certain device classes

[David Brownell]

On Friday 03 August 2007, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:06:08PM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
>  
>  > Sometimes when I plug in a USB device I get a dialog asking if I want to
>  > configure it ... surely it would be possible to have that mechanism also
>  > consult a database (part of a distro, or on some web server) for info
>  > about the device, and offer the option for to poke at the device a bit to
>  > see if it behaves.  That stuff works for music CDs; why not USB devices?
> 
> Not everyone who uses USB devices uses X.

True, but for desktop users there doesn't seem to be any
real counter-argument to my point.


> It's a bit difficult to pop up a "unscrew my printer" dialog when you're
> on the console.

Right.  Remotely operated systems (like servers) might
need some kind of "default assume-broken" setting.

- Dave
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