linux/drivers/usb/core
Hans de Goede 19181bc50e usbdevfs: Add a USBDEVFS_GET_CAPABILITIES ioctl
There are a few (new) usbdevfs capabilities which an application cannot
discover in any other way then checking the kernel version. There are 3
problems with this:
1) It is just not very pretty.
2) Given the tendency of enterprise distros to backport stuff it is not
reliable.
3) As discussed in length on the mailinglist, USBDEVFS_URB_BULK_CONTINUATION
does not work as it should when combined with USBDEVFS_URB_SHORT_NOT_OK
(which is its intended use) on devices attached to an XHCI controller.
So the availability of these features can be host controller dependent,
making depending on them based on the kernel version not a good idea.

This patch besides adding the new ioctl also adds flags for the following
existing capabilities:

USBDEVFS_CAP_ZERO_PACKET,        available since 2.6.31
USBDEVFS_CAP_BULK_CONTINUATION,  available since 2.6.32, except for XHCI
USBDEVFS_CAP_NO_PACKET_SIZE_LIM, available since 3.3

Note that this patch only does not advertise the USBDEVFS_URB_BULK_CONTINUATION
cap for XHCI controllers, bulk transfers with this flag set will still be
accepted when submitted to XHCI controllers.

Returning -EINVAL for them would break existing apps, and in most cases the
troublesome scenario wrt USBDEVFS_URB_SHORT_NOT_OK urbs on XHCI controllers
will never get hit, so this would break working use cases.

The disadvantage of not returning -EINVAL is that cases were it is causing
real trouble may go undetected / the cause of the trouble may be unclear,
but this is the best we can do.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Acked-by: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2012-07-06 10:53:19 -07:00
..
buffer.c USB: Core: Fix minor coding style issues 2011-01-22 19:35:39 -08:00
config.c usbcore: get BOS descriptor set 2011-09-26 15:51:08 -07:00
devices.c Revert "usb: move struct usb_device->children to struct usb_hub_port->child" 2012-05-14 09:20:37 -07:00
devio.c usbdevfs: Add a USBDEVFS_GET_CAPABILITIES ioctl 2012-07-06 10:53:19 -07:00
driver.c usb-core: Set intfdata to NULL if a driver's probe method failed 2012-06-13 16:07:22 -07:00
endpoint.c USB: use usb_endpoint_maxp() instead of le16_to_cpu() 2011-08-23 09:47:40 -07:00
file.c USB: rename the usb misc class from "usb" to "usbmisc" 2012-06-13 15:37:13 -07:00
generic.c USB: accept RNDIS configs if there's no alternative 2010-08-10 14:35:43 -07:00
hcd-pci.c USB: add NO_D3_DURING_SLEEP flag and revert 151b612847 2012-06-13 13:11:39 -07:00
hcd.c USB: Make sure to fetch the BOS desc for roothubs. 2012-05-18 15:41:53 -07:00
hub.c USB: Checking the wrong variable in usb_disable_lpm() 2012-06-13 16:37:21 -07:00
Kconfig usb: Kconfig: remove unneeded default value 2012-05-14 08:49:50 -07:00
Makefile usb: Bind devices to ACPI devices when possible 2012-05-11 17:06:13 -07:00
message.c Merge 3.5-rc3 into usb-next 2012-06-20 16:24:02 -07:00
notify.c usb: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE where needed 2011-10-31 19:31:25 -04:00
otg_whitelist.h
quirks.c usb: add USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME for M-Audio 88es 2012-04-30 10:26:42 -04:00
sysfs.c USB: allow match on bInterfaceNumber 2012-06-13 15:40:09 -07:00
urb.c usbhid: prevent deadlock during timeout 2012-05-01 13:22:13 -04:00
usb-acpi.c usb: Set device removable state based on ACPI USB data 2012-05-11 17:07:02 -07:00
usb.c usb: fix breakage on systems without ACPI 2012-05-16 05:29:19 -07:00
usb.h usb: Bind devices to ACPI devices when possible 2012-05-11 17:06:13 -07:00