linux/drivers/usb
Grant Likely b1608d69cb drivercore: revert addition of of_match to struct device
Commit b826291c, "drivercore/dt: add a match table pointer to struct
device" added an of_match pointer to struct device to cache the
of_match_table entry discovered at driver match time.  This was unsafe
because matching is not an atomic operation with probing a driver.  If
two or more drivers are attempted to be matched to a driver at the
same time, then the cached matching entry pointer could get
overwritten.

This patch reverts the of_match cache pointer and reworks all users to
call of_match_device() directly instead.

Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2011-05-18 12:32:23 -06:00
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atm Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
c67x00 Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
class Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
core usbcore: Bug fix: system can't suspend with USB3.0 device connected to USB3.0 hub 2011-04-13 16:57:34 -07:00
early Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
gadget drivercore: revert addition of of_match to struct device 2011-05-18 12:32:23 -06:00
host xHCI: Clear PLC in xhci_bus_resume() 2011-05-03 11:14:32 -07:00
image Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
misc Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
mon USB: usbmon: fix-up docs and text API for sparse ISO 2011-02-04 11:46:57 -08:00
musb usb: musb: gadget: Fix out-of-sync runtime pm calls 2011-05-02 12:34:33 +03:00
otg Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
serial usb: qcserial add missing errorpath kfrees 2011-04-13 15:53:16 -07:00
storage Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
wusbcore Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
Kconfig usb: Fix Kconfig unmet dependencies for Microblaze EHCI 2011-04-13 15:43:59 -07:00
Makefile USB: drivers/usb/Makefile: conditionally descend to 'early' 2010-08-10 14:35:38 -07:00
README
usb-skeleton.c llseek: automatically add .llseek fop 2010-10-15 15:53:27 +02:00

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.