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This patch (as1347) makes some adjustments to the way usb-storage handles the request-queue parameters. USB host controllers are able to handle arbitrarily long scatter-gather lists, since they are limited only by main memory and not by the controller hardware. Hence the sg_tablesize field in the host template can be increased to the maximum value. Drivers like usb-storage aren't supposed to touch the queue's max_sectors parameter; instead they are supposed to use the max_hw_sectors value. Accordingly, the patch replaces calls of queue_max_sectors() with calls of queue_max_hw_sectors(). Oddly enough, the blk_queue_max_sectors() routine is nevertheless still appropriate. The existing code imposes a limit of SCSI_DEFAULT_MAX_SECTORS (1024) on the values accepted by the max_sectors attribute file. There's no reason not to accept larger values, so the limit is removed. (It would be nice to change the file's name to max_hw_sectors, but the old name is already a well-established API.) Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> CC: Matthew Dharm <mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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.