Re: [PATCH 2/3 v3] musb: Add context save and restore support

[Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi-xNZwKgViW5gAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 01:04:01PM +0100, ext Gadiyar, Anand wrote:
>> > I think we should only allow suspend if cable isn't connected. What
>> > would happend if you have mounted fs (using mass storage), user is
>> > transferring files and you force a disconnect ?
>>
>> We force a disconnect during suspend which is actually triggered by user
>> Only. So do we need to consider this scenario?
>>
>
>Like Ajay says, the kernel would need to take a call either way:
>
>- Disallowing a system wide suspend, just because a USB cable is connected
>- Allow a system-wide suspend, but disconnect the gadget device.
>
>
>I would vote to allow a system-wide suspend. A user that tries to put
>a phone to standby in the middle of a data transfer shouldn't be too
>surprised that the data transfer was aborted.

yes, but the problem would be the data corrupted. I'm pretty sure user 
will be a bit surprised that he now can't use his 27GB and lost all 
contacts, movies, smses, etc.

-- 
balbi
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