Sarah Sharp wrote: > a userspace program claims the interface via usbfs and reads from > the device when it wants to capture a finger scan. The kernel's > "auto" power policy would turn back on the port as soon as the > interface was claimed through usbfs.
This translates to a slightly less appealing user experience where users can't simply swipe finger to unlock a locked screen but must first wake up the userspace process, or to smaller power savings, if the port can never be powered off as long as the screen is locked. //Peter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
