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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-03-03 08:48:58 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-03-03 08:48:58 -0800 |
commit | 7f5b09c15ab989ed5ce4adda0be42c1302df70b7 (patch) | |
tree | 9695b00983d1bd077ff91c463abcb136330cf344 /Documentation | |
parent | 94468080220162f74dc6ce5c3e95e5fec8022902 (diff) | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (220 commits)
USB: backlight, appledisplay: fix incomplete registration failure handling
USB: pl2303: remove unnecessary reset of usb_device in urbs
USB: ftdi_sio: remove obsolete check in unthrottle
USB: ftdi_sio: remove unused tx_bytes counter
USB: qcaux: driver for auxiliary serial ports on Qualcomm devices
USB: pl2303: initial TIOCGSERIAL support
USB: option: add Longcheer/Longsung vendor ID
USB: fix I2C API usage in ohci-pnx4008.
USB: usbmon: mask seconds properly in text API
USB: sisusbvga: no unnecessary GFP_ATOMIC
USB: storage: onetouch: unnecessary GFP_ATOMIC
USB: serial: ftdi: add CONTEC vendor and product id
USB: remove references to port->port.count from the serial drivers
USB: tty: Prune uses of tty_request_room in the USB layer
USB: tty: Add a function to insert a string of characters with the same flag
USB: don't read past config->interface[] if usb_control_msg() fails in usb_reset_configuration()
USB: tty: kill request_room for USB ACM class
USB: tty: sort out the request_room handling for whiteheat
USB: storage: fix misplaced parenthesis
USB: vstusb.c: removal of driver for Vernier Software & Technology, Inc., devices and spectrometers
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/00-INDEX | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/cxacru-cf.py | 48 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/cxacru.txt | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/power-management.txt | 235 |
7 files changed, 176 insertions, 143 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb index a07c0f3..a986e9b 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb @@ -159,3 +159,14 @@ Description: device. This is useful to ensure auto probing won't match the driver to the device. For example: # echo "046d c315" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/foo/remove_id + +What: /sys/bus/usb/device/.../avoid_reset +Date: December 2009 +Contact: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org> +Description: + Writing 1 to this file tells the kernel that this + device will morph into another mode when it is reset. + Drivers will not use reset for error handling for + such devices. +Users: + usb_modeswitch diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt index 35cf64d..35c9b51 100644 --- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt +++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt @@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ Code Seq#(hex) Include File Comments 'K' all linux/kd.h 'L' 00-1F linux/loop.h conflict! 'L' 10-1F drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.h conflict! -'L' 20-2F linux/usb/vstusb.h 'L' E0-FF linux/ppdd.h encrypted disk device driver <http://linux01.gwdg.de/~alatham/ppdd.html> 'M' all linux/soundcard.h conflict! diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX index 50189bf..fe5c099 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ cs89x0.txt - the Crystal LAN (CS8900/20-based) Ethernet ISA adapter driver cxacru.txt - Conexant AccessRunner USB ADSL Modem +cxacru-cf.py + - Conexant AccessRunner USB ADSL Modem configuration file parser de4x5.txt - the Digital EtherWORKS DE4?? and DE5?? PCI Ethernet driver decnet.txt diff --git a/Documentation/networking/cxacru-cf.py b/Documentation/networking/cxacru-cf.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b41d298 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/cxacru-cf.py @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +#!/usr/bin/env python +# Copyright 2009 Simon Arlott +# +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free +# Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) +# any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT +# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or +# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for +# more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with +# this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 +# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. +# +# Usage: cxacru-cf.py < cxacru-cf.bin +# Output: values string suitable for the sysfs adsl_config attribute +# +# Warning: cxacru-cf.bin with MD5 hash cdbac2689969d5ed5d4850f117702110 +# contains mis-aligned values which will stop the modem from being able +# to make a connection. If the first and last two bytes are removed then +# the values become valid, but the modulation will be forced to ANSI +# T1.413 only which may not be appropriate. +# +# The original binary format is a packed list of le32 values. + +import sys +import struct + +i = 0 +while True: + buf = sys.stdin.read(4) + + if len(buf) == 0: + break + elif len(buf) != 4: + sys.stdout.write("\n") + sys.stderr.write("Error: read {0} not 4 bytes\n".format(len(buf))) + sys.exit(1) + + if i > 0: + sys.stdout.write(" ") + sys.stdout.write("{0:x}={1}".format(i, struct.unpack("<I", buf)[0])) + i += 1 + +sys.stdout.write("\n") diff --git a/Documentation/networking/cxacru.txt b/Documentation/networking/cxacru.txt index b074681..2cce044 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/cxacru.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/cxacru.txt @@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ While it is capable of managing/maintaining the ADSL connection without the module loaded, the device will sometimes stop responding after unloading the driver and it is necessary to unplug/remove power to the device to fix this. +Note: support for cxacru-cf.bin has been removed. It was not loaded correctly +so it had no effect on the device configuration. Fixing it could have stopped +existing devices working when an invalid configuration is supplied. + +There is a script cxacru-cf.py to convert an existing file to the sysfs form. + Detected devices will appear as ATM devices named "cxacru". In /sys/class/atm/ these are directories named cxacruN where N is the device number. A symlink named device points to the USB interface device's directory which contains @@ -15,6 +21,15 @@ several sysfs attribute files for retrieving device statistics: * adsl_headend_environment Information about the remote headend. +* adsl_config + Configuration writing interface. + Write parameters in hexadecimal format <index>=<value>, + separated by whitespace, e.g.: + "1=0 a=5" + Up to 7 parameters at a time will be sent and the modem will restart + the ADSL connection when any value is set. These are logged for future + reference. + * downstream_attenuation (dB) * downstream_bits_per_frame * downstream_rate (kbps) @@ -61,6 +76,7 @@ several sysfs attribute files for retrieving device statistics: * mac_address * modulation + "" (when not connected) "ANSI T1.413" "ITU-T G.992.1 (G.DMT)" "ITU-T G.992.2 (G.LITE)" diff --git a/Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt b/Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt index 9cf83e8..d83703e 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ USB-specific: -EFBIG Host controller driver can't schedule that many ISO frames. --EPIPE Specified endpoint is stalled. For non-control endpoints, - reset this status with usb_clear_halt(). +-EPIPE The pipe type specified in the URB doesn't match the + endpoint's actual type. -EMSGSIZE (a) endpoint maxpacket size is zero; it is not usable in the current interface altsetting. @@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ USB-specific: -EHOSTUNREACH URB was rejected because the device is suspended. +-ENOEXEC A control URB doesn't contain a Setup packet. + ************************************************************************** * Error codes returned by in urb->status * diff --git a/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt b/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt index 3bf6818..2790ad4 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> - November 10, 2009 + December 11, 2009 @@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ covered to some extent (see Documentation/power/*.txt for more information about system PM). Note: Dynamic PM support for USB is present only if the kernel was -built with CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND enabled. System PM support is present -only if the kernel was built with CONFIG_SUSPEND or CONFIG_HIBERNATION -enabled. +built with CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND enabled (which depends on +CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME). System PM support is present only if the kernel +was built with CONFIG_SUSPEND or CONFIG_HIBERNATION enabled. What is Remote Wakeup? @@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ necessary operations by hand or add them to a udev script. You can also change the idle-delay time; 2 seconds is not the best choice for every device. +If a driver knows that its device has proper suspend/resume support, +it can enable autosuspend all by itself. For example, the video +driver for a laptop's webcam might do this, since these devices are +rarely used and so should normally be autosuspended. + Sometimes it turns out that even when a device does work okay with autosuspend there are still problems. For example, there are experimental patches adding autosuspend support to the usbhid driver, @@ -321,69 +326,81 @@ driver does so by calling these six functions: void usb_autopm_get_interface_no_resume(struct usb_interface *intf); void usb_autopm_put_interface_no_suspend(struct usb_interface *intf); -The functions work by maintaining a counter in the usb_interface -structure. When intf->pm_usage_count is > 0 then the interface is -deemed to be busy, and the kernel will not autosuspend the interface's -device. When intf->pm_usage_count is <= 0 then the interface is -considered to be idle, and the kernel may autosuspend the device. +The functions work by maintaining a usage counter in the +usb_interface's embedded device structure. When the counter is > 0 +then the interface is deemed to be busy, and the kernel will not +autosuspend the interface's device. When the usage counter is = 0 +then the interface is considered to be idle, and the kernel may +autosuspend the device. -(There is a similar pm_usage_count field in struct usb_device, +(There is a similar usage counter field in struct usb_device, associated with the device itself rather than any of its interfaces. -This field is used only by the USB core.) - -Drivers must not modify intf->pm_usage_count directly; its value -should be changed only be using the functions listed above. Drivers -are responsible for insuring that the overall change to pm_usage_count -during their lifetime balances out to 0 (it may be necessary for the -disconnect method to call usb_autopm_put_interface() one or more times -to fulfill this requirement). The first two routines use the PM mutex -in struct usb_device for mutual exclusion; drivers using the async -routines are responsible for their own synchronization and mutual -exclusion. - - usb_autopm_get_interface() increments pm_usage_count and - attempts an autoresume if the new value is > 0 and the - device is suspended. - - usb_autopm_put_interface() decrements pm_usage_count and - attempts an autosuspend if the new value is <= 0 and the - device isn't suspended. +This counter is used only by the USB core.) + +Drivers need not be concerned about balancing changes to the usage +counter; the USB core will undo any remaining "get"s when a driver +is unbound from its interface. As a corollary, drivers must not call +any of the usb_autopm_* functions after their diconnect() routine has +returned. + +Drivers using the async routines are responsible for their own +synchronization and mutual exclusion. + + usb_autopm_get_interface() increments the usage counter and + does an autoresume if the device is suspended. If the + autoresume fails, the counter is decremented back. + + usb_autopm_put_interface() decrements the usage counter and + attempts an autosuspend if the new value is = 0. usb_autopm_get_interface_async() and usb_autopm_put_interface_async() do almost the same things as - their non-async counterparts. The differences are: they do - not acquire the PM mutex, and they use a workqueue to do their + their non-async counterparts. The big difference is that they + use a workqueue to do the resume or suspend part of their jobs. As a result they can be called in an atomic context, such as an URB's completion handler, but when they return the - device will not generally not yet be in the desired state. + device will generally not yet be in the desired state. usb_autopm_get_interface_no_resume() and usb_autopm_put_interface_no_suspend() merely increment or - decrement the pm_usage_count value; they do not attempt to - carry out an autoresume or an autosuspend. Hence they can be - called in an atomic context. + decrement the usage counter; they do not attempt to carry out + an autoresume or an autosuspend. Hence they can be called in + an atomic context. -The conventional usage pattern is that a driver calls +The simplest usage pattern is that a driver calls usb_autopm_get_interface() in its open routine and -usb_autopm_put_interface() in its close or release routine. But -other patterns are possible. +usb_autopm_put_interface() in its close or release routine. But other +patterns are possible. The autosuspend attempts mentioned above will often fail for one reason or another. For example, the power/level attribute might be set to "on", or another interface in the same device might not be idle. This is perfectly normal. If the reason for failure was that -the device hasn't been idle for long enough, a delayed workqueue -routine is automatically set up to carry out the operation when the -autosuspend idle-delay has expired. +the device hasn't been idle for long enough, a timer is scheduled to +carry out the operation automatically when the autosuspend idle-delay +has expired. Autoresume attempts also can fail, although failure would mean that the device is no longer present or operating properly. Unlike -autosuspend, there's no delay for an autoresume. +autosuspend, there's no idle-delay for an autoresume. Other parts of the driver interface ----------------------------------- +Drivers can enable autosuspend for their devices by calling + + usb_enable_autosuspend(struct usb_device *udev); + +in their probe() routine, if they know that the device is capable of +suspending and resuming correctly. This is exactly equivalent to +writing "auto" to the device's power/level attribute. Likewise, +drivers can disable autosuspend by calling + + usb_disable_autosuspend(struct usb_device *udev); + +This is exactly the same as writing "on" to the power/level attribute. + Sometimes a driver needs to make sure that remote wakeup is enabled during autosuspend. For example, there's not much point autosuspending a keyboard if the user can't cause the keyboard to do a @@ -395,26 +412,27 @@ though, setting this flag won't cause the kernel to autoresume it. Normally a driver would set this flag in its probe method, at which time the device is guaranteed not to be autosuspended.) -The synchronous usb_autopm_* routines have to run in a sleepable -process context; they must not be called from an interrupt handler or -while holding a spinlock. In fact, the entire autosuspend mechanism -is not well geared toward interrupt-driven operation. However there -is one thing a driver can do in an interrupt handler: +If a driver does its I/O asynchronously in interrupt context, it +should call usb_autopm_get_interface_async() before starting output and +usb_autopm_put_interface_async() when the output queue drains. When +it receives an input event, it should call usb_mark_last_busy(struct usb_device *udev); -This sets udev->last_busy to the current time. udev->last_busy is the -field used for idle-delay calculations; updating it will cause any -pending autosuspend to be moved back. The usb_autopm_* routines will -also set the last_busy field to the current time. - -Calling urb_mark_last_busy() from within an URB completion handler is -subject to races: The kernel may have just finished deciding the -device has been idle for long enough but not yet gotten around to -calling the driver's suspend method. The driver would have to be -responsible for synchronizing its suspend method with its URB -completion handler and causing the autosuspend to fail with -EBUSY if -an URB had completed too recently. +in the event handler. This sets udev->last_busy to the current time. +udev->last_busy is the field used for idle-delay calculations; +updating it will cause any pending autosuspend to be moved back. Most +of the usb_autopm_* routines will also set the last_busy field to the +current time. + +Asynchronous operation is always subject to races. For example, a +driver may call one of the usb_autopm_*_interface_async() routines at +a time when the core has just finished deciding the device has been +idle for long enough but not yet gotten around to calling the driver's +suspend method. The suspend method must be responsible for +synchronizing with the output request routine and the URB completion +handler; it should cause autosuspends to fail with -EBUSY if the +driver needs to use the device. External suspend calls should never be allowed to fail in this way, only autosuspend calls. The driver can tell them apart by checking @@ -422,75 +440,23 @@ the PM_EVENT_AUTO bit in the message.event argument to the suspend method; this bit will be set for internal PM events (autosuspend) and clear for external PM events. -Many of the ingredients in the autosuspend framework are oriented -towards interfaces: The usb_interface structure contains the -pm_usage_cnt field, and the usb_autopm_* routines take an interface -pointer as their argument. But somewhat confusingly, a few of the -pieces (i.e., usb_mark_last_busy()) use the usb_device structure -instead. Drivers need to keep this straight; they can call -interface_to_usbdev() to find the device structure for a given -interface. - - Locking requirements - -------------------- + Mutual exclusion + ---------------- -All three suspend/resume methods are always called while holding the -usb_device's PM mutex. For external events -- but not necessarily for -autosuspend or autoresume -- the device semaphore (udev->dev.sem) will -also be held. This implies that external suspend/resume events are -mutually exclusive with calls to probe, disconnect, pre_reset, and -post_reset; the USB core guarantees that this is true of internal -suspend/resume events as well. +For external events -- but not necessarily for autosuspend or +autoresume -- the device semaphore (udev->dev.sem) will be held when a +suspend or resume method is called. This implies that external +suspend/resume events are mutually exclusive with calls to probe, +disconnect, pre_reset, and post_reset; the USB core guarantees that +this is true of autosuspend/autoresume events as well. If a driver wants to block all suspend/resume calls during some -critical section, it can simply acquire udev->pm_mutex. Note that -calls to resume may be triggered indirectly. Block IO due to memory -allocations can make the vm subsystem resume a device. Thus while -holding this lock you must not allocate memory with GFP_KERNEL or -GFP_NOFS. - -Alternatively, if the critical section might call some of the -usb_autopm_* routines, the driver can avoid deadlock by doing: - - down(&udev->dev.sem); - rc = usb_autopm_get_interface(intf); - -and at the end of the critical section: - - if (!rc) - usb_autopm_put_interface(intf); - up(&udev->dev.sem); - -Holding the device semaphore will block all external PM calls, and the -usb_autopm_get_interface() will prevent any internal PM calls, even if -it fails. (Exercise: Why?) - -The rules for locking order are: - - Never acquire any device semaphore while holding any PM mutex. - - Never acquire udev->pm_mutex while holding the PM mutex for - a device that isn't a descendant of udev. - -In other words, PM mutexes should only be acquired going up the device -tree, and they should be acquired only after locking all the device -semaphores you need to hold. These rules don't matter to drivers very -much; they usually affect just the USB core. - -Still, drivers do need to be careful. For example, many drivers use a -private mutex to synchronize their normal I/O activities with their -disconnect method. Now if the driver supports autosuspend then it -must call usb_autopm_put_interface() from somewhere -- maybe from its -close method. It should make the call while holding the private mutex, -since a driver shouldn't call any of the usb_autopm_* functions for an -interface from which it has been unbound. - -But the usb_autpm_* routines always acquire the device's PM mutex, and -consequently the locking order has to be: private mutex first, PM -mutex second. Since the suspend method is always called with the PM -mutex held, it mustn't try to acquire the private mutex. It has to -synchronize with the driver's I/O activities in some other way. +critical section, the best way is to lock the device and call +usb_autopm_get_interface() (and do the reverse at the end of the +critical section). Holding the device semaphore will block all +external PM calls, and the usb_autopm_get_interface() will prevent any +internal PM calls, even if it fails. (Exercise: Why?) Interaction between dynamic PM and system PM @@ -499,22 +465,11 @@ synchronize with the driver's I/O activities in some other way. Dynamic power management and system power management can interact in a couple of ways. -Firstly, a device may already be manually suspended or autosuspended -when a system suspend occurs. Since system suspends are supposed to -be as transparent as possible, the device should remain suspended -following the system resume. The 2.6.23 kernel obeys this principle -for manually suspended devices but not for autosuspended devices; they -do get resumed when the system wakes up. (Presumably they will be -autosuspended again after their idle-delay time expires.) In later -kernels this behavior will be fixed. - -(There is an exception. If a device would undergo a reset-resume -instead of a normal resume, and the device is enabled for remote -wakeup, then the reset-resume takes place even if the device was -already suspended when the system suspend began. The justification is -that a reset-resume is a kind of remote-wakeup event. Or to put it -another way, a device which needs a reset won't be able to generate -normal remote-wakeup signals, so it ought to be resumed immediately.) +Firstly, a device may already be autosuspended when a system suspend +occurs. Since system suspends are supposed to be as transparent as +possible, the device should remain suspended following the system +resume. But this theory may not work out well in practice; over time +the kernel's behavior in this regard has changed. Secondly, a dynamic power-management event may occur as a system suspend is underway. The window for this is short, since system |