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Pull driver core updates from Greg KH: "Here is the big driver core update for 4.13-rc1. The large majority of this is a lot of cleanup of old fields in the driver core structures and their remaining usages in random drivers. All of those fixes have been reviewed by the various subsystem maintainers. There's also some small firmware updates in here, a new kobject uevent api interface that makes userspace interaction easier, and a few other minor things. All of these have been in linux-next for a long while with no reported issues" * tag 'driver-core-4.13-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (56 commits) arm: mach-rpc: ecard: fix build error zram: convert remaining CLASS_ATTR() to CLASS_ATTR_RO() driver-core: remove struct bus_type.dev_attrs powerpc: vio_cmo: use dev_groups and not dev_attrs for bus_type powerpc: vio: use dev_groups and not dev_attrs for bus_type USB: usbip: convert to use DRIVER_ATTR_RW s390: drivers: convert to use DRIVER_ATTR_RO/WO platform: thinkpad_acpi: convert to use DRIVER_ATTR_RO/RW pcmcia: ds: convert to use DRIVER_ATTR_RO wireless: ipw2x00: convert to use DRIVER_ATTR_RW net: ehea: convert to use DRIVER_ATTR_RO net: caif: convert to use DRIVER_ATTR_RO TTY: hvc: convert to use DRIVER_ATTR_RW PCI: pci-driver: convert to use DRIVER_ATTR_WO IB: nes: convert to use DRIVER_ATTR_RW HID: hid-core: convert to use DRIVER_ATTR_RO and drv_groups arm: ecard: fix dev_groups patch typo tty: serdev: use dev_groups and not dev_attrs for bus_type sparc: vio: use dev_groups and not dev_attrs for bus_type hid: intel-ish-hid: use dev_groups and not dev_attrs for bus_type ...
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.