linux/drivers/usb
Alan Stern f756cbd458 usb-storage: revert DMA-alignment change for Wireless USB
This patch (as1110) reverts an earlier patch meant to help with
Wireless USB host controllers.  These controllers can have bulk
maxpacket values larger than 512, which puts unusual constraints on
the sizes of scatter-gather list elements.  However it turns out that
the block layer does not provide the support we need to enforce these
constraints; merely changing the DMA alignment mask doesn't help.
Hence there's no reason to keep the original patch.  The Wireless USB
problem will have to be solved a different way.

In addition, there is a reason to get rid of the earlier patch.  By
dereferencing a pointer stored in the ep_in array of struct
usb_device, the current code risks an invalid memory access when it
runs concurrently with device removal.  The members of that array are
cleared before the driver's disconnect method is called, so it should
not try to use them.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21 15:16:51 -07:00
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atm USB: AccessRunner: avoid unnecessary memset 2008-07-21 15:16:32 -07:00
c67x00 usb/c67x00 endianness annotations 2008-06-04 08:06:01 -07:00
class USB: fix build error in cdc-acm for CONFIG_PM=n 2008-07-21 15:16:47 -07:00
core USB: use reset_resume when normal resume fails 2008-07-21 15:16:48 -07:00
gadget usb_gadget: composite cdc gadget fault handling 2008-07-21 15:16:48 -07:00
host USB: Fix bug with byte order in isp116x-hcd.c fio write/read 2008-07-21 15:16:48 -07:00
image usb: replace remaining __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-24 21:16:48 -07:00
misc USB: sisusb: Push down the BKL 2008-07-21 15:16:21 -07:00
mon USB: usbmon: use simple_read_from_buffer() 2008-07-21 15:16:31 -07:00
serial USB: fix double kfree in ipaq in error case 2008-07-21 15:16:47 -07:00
storage usb-storage: revert DMA-alignment change for Wireless USB 2008-07-21 15:16:51 -07:00
Kconfig USB: add support for SuperH OHCI 2008-02-01 14:35:03 -08:00
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

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.