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Subject: Re: Question:  How to power-manage UART-attached devices.
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On 04/30/2012 04:47 PM, NeilBrown wrote:
> 
> I imagine this proposal as being like a virtual DTR line.  It may
> not always be appropriate to connect DTR to the power switch, but
> sometimes it is.
> 

Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm suggesting.

	-hpa