linux/drivers/usb
Alan Stern 5257d97a21 USB: revert recovery from transient errors
This patch (as1135) essentially reverts the major parts of two earlier
patches to usbcore, because they ended up causing a regression.

Trying to recover from transient communication errors can lead to
other problems, because operations that failed during the error period
are not always retried.  The simplest example is the initial
Set-Config request sent after device enumeration; if it gets lost then
it will not be retried and the device will remain unconfigured.

This patch restores the old behavior in which any port disconnect or
port disable causes the entire device structure to be removed, fixing a
reported regression.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Tested-by: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-09-23 13:58:10 -07:00
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atm removed unused #include <linux/version.h>'s 2008-08-23 12:14:12 -07:00
c67x00 usb/c67x00 endianness annotations 2008-06-04 08:06:01 -07:00
class USB: cdc-acm: don't unlock acm->mutex on error path 2008-08-21 10:26:35 -07:00
core USB: revert recovery from transient errors 2008-09-23 13:58:10 -07:00
gadget USB: fsl_usb2_udc: fix VDBG() format string 2008-09-23 13:58:08 -07:00
host USB: fix EHCI periodic transfers 2008-09-23 13:58:08 -07:00
image usb: replace remaining __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-24 21:16:48 -07:00
misc removed unused #include <linux/version.h>'s 2008-08-23 12:14:12 -07:00
mon SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
musb USB: drivers/usb/musb/: disable it on SuperH 2008-09-23 13:58:09 -07:00
serial usb: ftdi_sio: add support for Domintell devices 2008-09-23 13:58:10 -07:00
storage usb: unusual devs patch for Nokia 5310 Music Xpress 2008-09-23 13:58:10 -07:00
Kconfig USB: Add MUSB and TUSB support 2008-08-13 17:33:00 -07:00
Makefile USB: add Cypress c67x00 OTG controller HCD driver 2008-05-02 10:25:57 -07:00
README USB: fix directory references in usb/README 2007-11-28 13:58:34 -08:00
usb-skeleton.c USB: remove unnecessary type casting of urb->context 2008-04-24 21:16:55 -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.