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Pull driver core updates from Greg KH: "Here is the driver core patchset for 4.18-rc1. The large chunk of these are firmware core documentation and api updates. Nothing major there, just better descriptions for others to be able to understand the firmware code better. There's also a user for a new firmware api call. Other than that, there are some minor updates for debugfs, kernfs, and the driver core itself. All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues" * tag 'driver-core-4.18-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (23 commits) driver core: hold dev's parent lock when needed driver-core: return EINVAL error instead of BUG_ON() driver core: add __printf verification to device_create_groups_vargs mm: memory_hotplug: use put_device() if device_register fail base: core: fix typo 'can by' to 'can be' debugfs: inode: debugfs_create_dir uses mode permission from parent debugfs: Re-use kstrtobool_from_user() Documentation: clarify firmware_class provenance and why we can't rename the module Documentation: remove stale firmware API reference Documentation: fix few typos and clarifications for the firmware loader ath10k: re-enable the firmware fallback mechanism for testmode ath10k: use firmware_request_nowarn() to load firmware firmware: add firmware_request_nowarn() - load firmware without warnings firmware_loader: make firmware_fallback_sysfs() print more useful firmware_loader: move kconfig FW_LOADER entries to its own file firmware_loader: replace ---help--- with help firmware_loader: enhance Kconfig documentation over FW_LOADER firmware_loader: document firmware_sysfs_fallback() firmware: rename fw_sysfs_fallback to firmware_fallback_sysfs() firmware: use () to terminate kernel-doc function names ...
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.