Re: [PATCH v3] USB: Don't set USB_PORT_FEAT_SUSPEND on WD19's Realtek Hub

From: Alan Stern
Date: Mon Apr 19 2021 - 10:19:30 EST


On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 01:11:38AM -0400, Chris Chiu wrote:
> Sorry that I didn't make myself clear. I found that if I applied RESET_RESUME
> quirk on the problematic hub, the Set-Port-Feature(suspend) timeout error
> disappeared. SInce the timeout is not happening for each suspend by default,
> I suspect maybe reset-resume take everything back to clean state for the hub
> and the Set-Port-Feature(suspend) can be taken care of w/o problems.

Okay, that's a good solution for system suspend.

> I didn't like RESET_RESUME because runtime PM would not work on the quirked
> device.

A more interesting question is whether it will work for devices plugged
into the hub. Even though the hub won't be runtime suspended, the
things attached to it might be.

> But if the Set-Port-Feature(suspend) can't be handled and
> skipped, I can't
> expect the runtime PM to work for all devices connected to the hub either.
> Is that right? If what I proposed in the patch can not get better
> result than existing
> quirk, I think using the RESET_RESUME would be a better option. Any suggestions?

Try the RESET_RESUME quirk and see how well it works with runtime
suspend.

Alan Stern