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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/Documentation/usb')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/Documentation/usb/gadget-testing.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt | 12 |
4 files changed, 53 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt b/kernel/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt index c069b6884..c7e985f05 100644 --- a/kernel/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt +++ b/kernel/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt @@ -90,3 +90,34 @@ etc, but you get the idea. Anybody with access to a device gadget kit can fake descriptors and device info. Don't trust that. You are welcome. + +Interface authorization +----------------------- +There is a similar approach to allow or deny specific USB interfaces. +That allows to block only a subset of an USB device. + +Authorize an interface: +$ echo 1 > /sys/bus/usb/devices/INTERFACE/authorized + +Deauthorize an interface: +$ echo 0 > /sys/bus/usb/devices/INTERFACE/authorized + +The default value for new interfaces +on a particular USB bus can be changed, too. + +Allow interfaces per default: +$ echo 1 > /sys/bus/usb/devices/usbX/interface_authorized_default + +Deny interfaces per default: +$ echo 0 > /sys/bus/usb/devices/usbX/interface_authorized_default + +Per default the interface_authorized_default bit is 1. +So all interfaces would authorized per default. + +Note: +If a deauthorized interface will be authorized so the driver probing must +be triggered manually by writing INTERFACE to /sys/bus/usb/drivers_probe + +For drivers that need multiple interfaces all needed interfaces should be +authroized first. After that the drivers should be probed. +This avoids side effects. diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/usb/gadget-testing.txt b/kernel/Documentation/usb/gadget-testing.txt index 820664af8..b24d3ef89 100644 --- a/kernel/Documentation/usb/gadget-testing.txt +++ b/kernel/Documentation/usb/gadget-testing.txt @@ -524,8 +524,6 @@ Except for ifname they can be written to until the function is linked to a configuration. The ifname is read-only and contains the name of the interface which was assigned by the net core, e. g. usb0. -By default there can be only 1 RNDIS interface in the system. - Testing the RNDIS function -------------------------- @@ -626,7 +624,7 @@ Function-specific configfs interface The function name to use when creating the function directory is "uac2". The uac2 function provides these attributes in its function directory: - chmask - capture channel mask + c_chmask - capture channel mask c_srate - capture sampling rate c_ssize - capture sample size (bytes) p_chmask - playback channel mask diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt b/kernel/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt index b5f839117..0a94ffe17 100644 --- a/kernel/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt +++ b/kernel/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt @@ -521,10 +521,10 @@ enabling hardware LPM, the host can automatically put the device into lower power state(L1 for usb2.0 devices, or U1/U2 for usb3.0 devices), which state device can enter and resume very quickly. -The user interface for controlling USB2 hardware LPM is located in the +The user interface for controlling hardware LPM is located in the power/ subdirectory of each USB device's sysfs directory, that is, in /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/ where "..." is the device's ID. The -relevant attribute files is usb2_hardware_lpm. +relevant attribute files are usb2_hardware_lpm and usb3_hardware_lpm. power/usb2_hardware_lpm @@ -537,6 +537,18 @@ relevant attribute files is usb2_hardware_lpm. can write y/Y/1 or n/N/0 to the file to enable/disable USB2 hardware LPM manually. This is for test purpose mainly. + power/usb3_hardware_lpm_u1 + power/usb3_hardware_lpm_u2 + + When a USB 3.0 lpm-capable device is plugged in to a + xHCI host which supports link PM, it will check if U1 + and U2 exit latencies have been set in the BOS + descriptor; if the check is is passed and the host + supports USB3 hardware LPM, USB3 hardware LPM will be + enabled for the device and these files will be created. + The files hold a string value (enable or disable) + indicating whether or not USB3 hardware LPM U1 or U2 + is enabled for the device. USB Port Power Control ---------------------- diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt b/kernel/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt index 947fa62bc..349f3104f 100644 --- a/kernel/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt +++ b/kernel/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt @@ -465,12 +465,14 @@ Generic Serial driver device, and does not support any kind of device flow control. All that is required of your device is that it has at least one bulk in endpoint, or one bulk out endpoint. - - To enable the generic driver to recognize your device, build the driver - as a module and load it by the following invocation: + + To enable the generic driver to recognize your device, provide + echo <vid> <pid> >/sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/generic/new_id + where the <vid> and <pid> is replaced with the hex representation of your + device's vendor id and product id. + If the driver is compiled as a module you can also provide one id when + loading the module insmod usbserial vendor=0x#### product=0x#### - where the #### is replaced with the hex representation of your device's - vendor id and product id. This driver has been successfully used to connect to the NetChip USB development board, providing a way to develop USB firmware without |