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+uhuctl is a utility to control USB power per-port on smart USB hubs.
+Smart hub is defined as one that implements per-port power switching.
+
+Some hub give false report (lsusb -v) that they support per-port
+power switching.
+
+It also works for devices that support unbind. Example: you want to
+disconnect a device programmatically, but no physically. In this case
+the usb has still power but the device 'unplugs'.
+
+Original idea for this code was inspired by hub-ctrl.c by Niibe Yutaka:
+http://www.gniibe.org/development/ac-power-control-by-USB-hub