Re: hub.c port power handling on over-current

Alan Stern <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 25 May 2007, David Brownell wrote:

> I'd have to check, but I think that Linux won't currently turn
> off per-port power unless the host controller reports that it
> actually supports per-port power switching.  And most EHCI
> implementations don't report that in the hardware, so Linux
> won't power it off ...

In fact, Linux doesn't do very much in response to an
overcurrent-change status.  The hub driver clears the
overcurrent-change feature and then tells the hub to enable power on
all ports.  It never tries to turn off port power, under any
circumstances.

Alan Stern


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