Re: [PATCH] [RFC] usb: host: Allow userspace to control usb suspend flows

[Guan-Yu Lin]

On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 5:38 PM Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 01.02.24 10:02, Guan-Yu Lin wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 1:12 AM Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 06:47:13AM +0000, Guan-Yu Lin wrote:
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> >> Why does this affect only the USB subsystem?  Can't the co-processor
> >> use other, non-USB, devices on the system?
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> > In our use case, the co-processor only supports USB subsystem. There might be
> > other co-processors support more subsystems, but we're not sure about how they
> > will interact with the system.
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> Hi,
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> it would be very good if you decided this now, before we add attributes.
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> The reason is that if this feature is needed for multiple subsystems,
> the attribute should be added to the generic device structure, so that
> the naming and semantics are consistent.
> You really don't want to repeat this discussion for every subsystem.
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>         Regards
>                 Oliver
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Hi,

Given that in our use case the co-processor only supports USB subsystem, I'd
like to proceed with adding the attribute exclusively within the USB subsystem.
Please let me know if there is any further consideration, thanks.