Re: Enable CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND by default or some mobile HD can't be unplugged safely

Yan Li
2009-01-02T13:24:24Z

On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 12:29:51PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Yan Li wrote:
> > On it's manual read "you should unplug and remove the device only when
> > the light is off."
>
> It's not clear whether you should believe this. The manual may have
> overstated things. Still, better to be safe.

Yeah, that maybe true. Better to be safe. And we can't tell users just
to ignore the warnings on the manual.

> > On Windows and Mac OS, `safely remove this device' function effectly
> > turns it into `suspend' mode, and it's light off.
>
> Yes -- but they don't suspend the device; instead they disable its
> upstream port. As far as the device is concerned, there's no
> difference. However the Linux API doesn't include any way to disable a
> USB port. Maybe we should add one...

Definitely.

> > I did a
> > quick search in LKML and haven't found specific oppose to enable USB
> > suspend by default, and Debian has started shipping a kernel with
> > it turned on since 2.6.26.
> >
> > Perhaps we should consider turning it on by default? Thanks!
>
> That is indeed the next step to take.

Hope to see this happen soon.

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Li, Yan