Subject: Re: [RFC] Patch to option HSO driver to the kernel

From: Filip Aben <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:12:22 +0200

On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 15:25 +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Montag, 14. April 2008 23:32:39 schrieb Greg KH:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Here's a patch that I have cleaned up for context only from Option that
> > is a USB serial / network device all in one.
> > 
> > I'd like to see this go into 2.6.26, so any review comments by anyone
> > who wishes to review any portion of this would be greatly apprecited.
> 
> The driver implements an ioctl to disable autosuspend. This seems
> unnecessary to me, as you can do that via sysfs, too. Is this included
> to work around permission problems? Can somebody explain?
> 
> 	Regards
> 		Oliver

This is added to support card firmware upgraders who will need to
disable suspend, even on (embedded) systems that don't have sysfs
mounted.

Regards,

Filip-