Re: patch to autosuspend mice #2

Pavel Machek <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi!

> this preliminary patch should suspend your mouse, if it supports remote
> wakeup. In fact it should do this to all devices which are HID, claimed by
> the input layer and support remote wakeup.
> 
> It works for me with my mouse. I've tested letting it autosuspend and
> resume. It survives going to a text console, init 3 and hotplugging.
> Anything else is untested. I think it'll crash and burn with PID devices.
> I am working on that.
> 
> I am pretty sure that it actually goes to sleep taking the root hub with it.
> I'd be interested in knowing how much power it really saves. Short of
> running dry my laptop's battery I have no way of telling.

You should have /proc/acpi/battery/*/state ; it shows current power
consumption. 

								Pavel

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