linux/drivers/usb
Alan Stern 4489a5712b [PATCH] USB: usbcore: always turn on hub port power
Some hubs claim not to support port-power switching, and right now the
hub driver believes them and does not enable power to their ports.
However it turns out that even though they don't actually switch power,
they do ignore all events on a port until told to turn on the power!
This problem has been reported by several users.

This revised patch (as672b) makes the hub driver always try to turn on
port power to all hubs, regardless of what the hub descriptor says.  It
also adds a comment explaining the need for this.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-06-21 15:04:09 -07:00
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atm [PATCH] USBATM: fix modinfo output 2006-05-08 23:43:54 -07:00
class [PATCH] USB: cdc-acm: add a new special case for modems with buggy firmware 2006-06-21 15:04:08 -07:00
core [PATCH] USB: usbcore: always turn on hub port power 2006-06-21 15:04:09 -07:00
gadget [SPARC]: Kill __irq_itoa(). 2006-06-20 01:21:29 -07:00
host [PATCH] USB: allow multiple types of EHCI controllers to be built as modules 2006-06-21 15:04:09 -07:00
image [SCSI] fix up request buffer reference in various scsi drivers 2006-06-06 11:07:25 -04:00
input [PATCH] USB: MacBook Pro touchpad support 2006-06-21 15:04:09 -07:00
misc [PATCH] USB: sisusbvga: possible cleanups 2006-06-21 15:04:08 -07:00
mon [PATCH] USB: kzalloc() conversion for rest of drivers/usb 2006-03-20 14:49:59 -08:00
net [PATCH] USB: added support for ASIX 88178 chipset USB Gigabit Ethernet adaptor 2006-06-21 15:04:08 -07:00
serial [PATCH] USB console: fix disconnection issues 2006-06-21 15:04:09 -07:00
storage [PATCH] USB: storage: atmel unusual dev update 2006-04-27 10:28:58 -07:00
Kconfig V4L/DVB (3599a): Move drivers/usb/media to drivers/media/video 2006-03-25 09:29:04 -03:00
Makefile V4L/DVB (3599a): Move drivers/usb/media to drivers/media/video 2006-03-25 09:29:04 -03:00
README Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
usb-skeleton.c [PATCH] USB: remove some left over devfs droppings hanging around in the usb drivers 2006-01-31 17:23:41 -08:00

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.