linux/drivers/usb
David Brownell 4f6676274f USB: ehci: qh_completions cleanup and bugfix
Simplify processing of completed qtds, and correct handling of short
reads, by removing two state variables:

 - "qtd_status" wasn't needed.  The current URB's status is either
   OK (-EINPROGRESS) or some fault status.  Once a fault appears,
   the queue halts and any later QTDs are immediately removed, so
   no temporary status is needed.  (Or for typical short reads,
   it's not treated as a fault, so no queue halt is needed.)

 - "do_status" was erroneous.  Because of how the queue is set up,
   short control reads can (and should!) be treated like full size
   reads, and cleaned up the usual way.  The status stage will be
   executed transparently, and usbcore handles the choice of whether
   to report this status as unexected.
 
The "do_status" problem caused a rather perplexing timing-dependent
problem with usbtest case 10.  Sometimes it would make the controller
skip a dozen transactions while (wrongly) trying to clean up after a
short transfer.  Fortunately, removing a dcache contention issue made
this become trivial to reproduce (on one test rig), so enough clues
finally presented themselves ... I think this has been around for a
very long time, but was worsened by recent urb->status changes.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-04-24 21:16:53 -07:00
..
atm USB: usbatm: convert heavy init dances to kthread API 2008-04-24 21:16:34 -07:00
class USB: cdc-acm: signedness fix 2008-04-24 21:16:53 -07:00
core USB: don't explicitly reenable root-hub status interrupts 2008-04-24 21:16:53 -07:00
gadget USB: g_file_storage: ignore bulk-out data after invalid CBW 2008-04-24 21:16:52 -07:00
host USB: ehci: qh_completions cleanup and bugfix 2008-04-24 21:16:53 -07:00
image usb: replace remaining __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-24 21:16:48 -07:00
misc USB: Remove EXPERIMENTAL designation from USB misc/ Kconfig entries 2008-04-24 21:16:43 -07:00
mon usbmon: restore mmap 2008-04-24 21:16:43 -07:00
serial USB: serial: remove endpoints setting checks from core and header 2008-04-24 21:16:52 -07:00
storage USB: usb-storage: use adaptive DMA mask 2008-04-24 21:16:46 -07:00
Kconfig USB: add support for SuperH OHCI 2008-02-01 14:35:03 -08:00
Makefile USB: always visit drivers/usb/misc/ 2007-10-12 14:55:26 -07:00
README USB: fix directory references in usb/README 2007-11-28 13:58:34 -08:00
usb-skeleton.c USB: usb-skeleton leaking locks on open 2007-10-12 14:55:26 -07:00

README

To understand all the Linux-USB framework, you'll use these resources:

    * This source code.  This is necessarily an evolving work, and
      includes kerneldoc that should help you get a current overview.
      ("make pdfdocs", and then look at "usb.pdf" for host side and
      "gadget.pdf" for peripheral side.)  Also, Documentation/usb has
      more information.

    * The USB 2.0 specification (from www.usb.org), with supplements
      such as those for USB OTG and the various device classes.
      The USB specification has a good overview chapter, and USB
      peripherals conform to the widely known "Chapter 9".

    * Chip specifications for USB controllers.  Examples include
      host controllers (on PCs, servers, and more); peripheral
      controllers (in devices with Linux firmware, like printers or
      cell phones); and hard-wired peripherals like Ethernet adapters.

    * Specifications for other protocols implemented by USB peripheral
      functions.  Some are vendor-specific; others are vendor-neutral
      but just standardized outside of the www.usb.org team.

Here is a list of what each subdirectory here is, and what is contained in
them.

core/		- This is for the core USB host code, including the
		  usbfs files and the hub class driver ("khubd").

host/		- This is for USB host controller drivers.  This
		  includes UHCI, OHCI, EHCI, and others that might
		  be used with more specialized "embedded" systems.

gadget/		- This is for USB peripheral controller drivers and
		  the various gadget drivers which talk to them.


Individual USB driver directories.  A new driver should be added to the
first subdirectory in the list below that it fits into.

image/		- This is for still image drivers, like scanners or
		  digital cameras.
../input/	- This is for any driver that uses the input subsystem,
		  like keyboard, mice, touchscreens, tablets, etc.
../media/	- This is for multimedia drivers, like video cameras,
		  radios, and any other drivers that talk to the v4l
		  subsystem.
../net/		- This is for network drivers.
serial/		- This is for USB to serial drivers.
storage/	- This is for USB mass-storage drivers.
class/		- This is for all USB device drivers that do not fit
		  into any of the above categories, and work for a range
		  of USB Class specified devices. 
misc/		- This is for all USB device drivers that do not fit
		  into any of the above categories.