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Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab: - Added support for some new video formats - mn88473 DVB frontend driver got promoted from staging - several improvements at the VSP1 driver - several cleanups and improvements at the Media Controller - added Media Controller support to snd-usb-audio. Currently, enabled only for au0828-based V4L2/DVB boards - Several improvements at nuvoton-cir: it now supports wake up codes - Add media controller support to em28xx and saa7134 drivers - coda driver now accepts NXP distributed firmware files - Some legacy SoC camera drivers will be moving to staging, as they're outdated and nobody so far is willing to fix and convert them to use the current media framework - As usual, lots of cleanups, improvements and new board additions. * tag 'media/v4.6-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (381 commits) media: au0828 disable tuner to demod link in au0828_media_device_register() [media] touptek: cast char types on %x printk [media] touptek: don't DMA at the stack [media] mceusb: use %*ph for small buffer dumps [media] v4l: exynos4-is: Drop unneeded check when setting up fimc-lite links [media] v4l: vsp1: Check if an entity is a subdev with the right function [media] hide unused functions for !MEDIA_CONTROLLER [media] em28xx: fix Terratec Grabby AC97 codec detection [media] media: add prefixes to interface types [media] media: rc: nuvoton: switch attribute wakeup_data to text [media] v4l2-ioctl: fix YUV422P pixel format description [media] media: fix null pointer dereference in v4l_vb2q_enable_media_source() [media] v4l2-mc.h: fix yet more compiler errors [media] staging/media: add missing TODO files [media] media.h: always start with 1 for the audio entities [media] sound/usb: Use meaninful names for goto labels [media] v4l2-mc.h: fix compiler warnings [media] media: au0828 audio mixer isn't connected to decoder [media] sound/usb: Use Media Controller API to share media resources [media] dw2102: add support for TeVii S662 ...
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 ("hub_wq").
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.