Re: [Libusb-devel] Turning a USB port on/off

[Robert M. <mar...@co...>]

Samer Atiani wrote:

> I would like to enquire about possible ways to turn a USB port on/off 
> using libusb or native Linux commands. I am using the USB port to supply 
> power to an external device, and I would like to be able to turn the 
> power off for the device from the user space.

This sounds as if you do not implement a proper USB device.
Just something drawing power from USB.
Please throw it away. We already have enough of such shit being sold.

If you have a proper USB device then implement a command to the device 
telling it to use less power.