[Debian-eeepc-devel] [PATCH] Enable usb autosuspend for webcams

[Damyan Ivanov]

-=| Luca Niccoli, Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 02:38:01AM +0100 |=-
> 2009/11/2 Damyan Ivanov <dmn at debian.org>:
> 
> > I am not sure eeepc-acpi-scripts is the right package for this. AIUI,
> > this is not specific to EeePCs at all.
> 
> This is true.
> OTOH, the latest kernel activates the webcam at every boot on the
> eeepc, and this is quite power consuming,so I thought this as a
> temporary workaround waiting for a similar rule entering in udev, or
> for the kernel to activate autosuspend by default.
> The reason of having it in eeepc-acpi-scripts would be avoiding a
> regression on the power management side.
> Having it there would also be a first test to see if there are webcams
> who don't support autosuspend - something I have seen no data about.

I see your point, but having a workaround for eeepcs only is 
a disservice to the rest of the people suffering from the problem.

> What do you think could be an alternative solution?

A wishlist bug on udev, the kernel or even laptop-mode-tools.

Taging[1] bug(s) as affecting eee would be nice.

    [1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Bugs/About

I agree with SynrG that eeepc-acpi-scripts shall be trimmed of 
anything that is not specific to the Eee (and even the Eee-specific 
stuff could find its place in other packages). Your patch seems like 
a step in the opposite direction.

-- 
dam
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