USB drive light does not turn off after "safely removing"

[Tim]

On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 09:43 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> As far as I know, Linux does not shut down the power to the USB 
> socket when you "safely remove" a drive. It is something that could 
> be added, though it will not be simple. 

I don't think that you could do that.  Even if you could, how would it
then tell if something was plugged back in again?  It couldn't.

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