linux-sg2042/drivers/usb
James Bottomley 465ff3185e [SCSI] relax scsi dma alignment
This patch relaxes the default SCSI DMA alignment from 512 bytes to 4
bytes.  I remember from previous discussions that usb and firewire have
sector size alignment requirements, so I upped their alignments in the
respective slave allocs.

The reason for doing this is so that we don't get such a huge amount of
copy overhead in bio_copy_user() for udev.  (basically all inquiries it
issues can now be directly mapped).

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
2008-01-11 18:29:22 -06:00
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atm signedness: module_param_array nump argument 2007-10-14 12:41:52 -07:00
class Add missing newlines to some uses of dev_<level> messages 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
core USB: use IRQF_DISABLED for HCD interrupt handlers 2007-12-17 10:47:15 -08:00
gadget USB: Unbreak fsl_usb2_udc 2007-12-22 23:14:33 -08:00
host usb: Remove broken optimisation in OHCI IRQ handler 2007-12-17 10:47:15 -08:00
image USB: make the microtek driver and HAL cooperate 2007-11-28 13:58:35 -08:00
misc USB: FIx locks and urb->status in adutux (updated) 2007-11-28 13:58:34 -08:00
mon Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
serial pl2303: Fix mode switching regression 2008-01-08 16:16:34 -08:00
storage [SCSI] relax scsi dma alignment 2008-01-11 18:29:22 -06:00
Kconfig usb: Enable hcd support on SH unconditionally. 2007-08-22 14:27:45 -07:00
Makefile USB: always visit drivers/usb/misc/ 2007-10-12 14:55:26 -07:00
README USB: fix directory references in usb/README 2007-11-28 13:58:34 -08:00
usb-skeleton.c USB: usb-skeleton leaking locks on open 2007-10-12 14:55:26 -07:00

README

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.