# Re: \[PATCH 2/3\] HID: valve-index: Reboot headset on system power transitions

- From: Mario Limonciello \<mario.limonciello@amd.com\>
- Date: 2026-09-10 20:58:34 
- List: linux-input
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2026/09/17548704
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2026/09/17547710/t.md

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On 9/10/26 15:52, Michal Pecio wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:43:18 -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * The headset's EDID service is lost when the host disables the DisplayPort
>>>> + * PHY during system suspend, so it needs the reboot on the way out of
>>>> + * suspend.  Doing it on the way in does not work: the headset dropping off
>>>> + * USB is a remote-wakeup event from its hub and aborts the suspend.
>>>> + */
>>>
>>> The internal hub which will be quirked by the next patch, or its parent?
>>
>> It has to be the internal hub if quirking it works, no?
>
> I believe there are two separate problems here:
>
> 1. resetting the device at suspend causes instant wakeup
> 2. a few seconds later the system wakes up anyway
>
> 1. is solved by resetting on resume rather than suspend
> 2. is solved by the quirk
>
> Questions:
>
> Any chance that 2 also solves 1?
> Would resetting on suspend be preferable, as the comment suggests?
> Maybe it would, if the reset can race with DP seeing empty EDID?
>
I do think that resetting on suspend makes a lot more sense for that exact reason.  That's why my original PoC did it that way.

That's a very good idea to see if the quirk + moving it back to suspend works.
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