Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] mfd: Add realtek USB card reader driver

[Oliver Neukum]

On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 11:33 +0800, Roger wrote:
> On 03/26/2014 10:36 PM, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > On Tue, 2014-03-25 at 18:44 +0800, rogerable@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> From: Roger Tseng <rogerable@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> >> +	if (ret)
> >> +		goto out_init_fail;
> >> +
> >> +	/* initialize USB SG transfer timer */
> >> +	init_timer(&ucr->sg_timer);
> >> +	setup_timer(&ucr->sg_timer, rtsx_usb_sg_timed_out, (unsigned long) ucr);
> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_PM
> >> +	intf->needs_remote_wakeup = 1;
> >
> > Why?
> Our reader supports remote wake-up from card slot event(insertion, 
> removal). It should be enabled to let the driver be able to detect the 
> newly inserted card.

Interesting. This capability has been lacking for a long time.
That is cool hardware. Are you sure the upper layers implement
the event infrastructure so that devices are not polled?

> The LED is not in a permanent cut-off state after here. It is called to 
> guarantee the LED is off during suspend to save more power. It could be 
> lit up in the card host drivers(e.g. rtsx_usb_sdmmc.c) anytime whenever 
> necessary.
> 
> This has been asked may times. I'm considering putting some comment in 
> next revision.

Good idea.

	Regards
		Oliver


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