linux/drivers/usb
Alan Stern cc56cd0157 usb-serial: acquire references when a new tty is installed
This patch (as1287) makes serial_install() be reponsible for acquiring
references to the usb_serial structure and the driver module when a
tty is first used.  This is more sensible than having serial_open() do
it, because a tty can be opened many times whereas it is installed
only once, when it is created.  (Not to mention that these actions are
reversed when the tty is released, not when it is closed.)  Finally,
it is at install time that the TTY core takes its own reference to the
usb_serial module, so it is only fitting that we should act the same
way in regard to the lower-level serial driver.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-09-19 13:13:40 -07:00
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atm firmware: atm/ueagle-atm: prepare for FIRMWARE_NAME_MAX removal 2009-06-15 21:30:24 -07:00
c67x00 usb/c67x00 endianness annotations 2008-06-04 08:06:01 -07:00
class cdc_acm: Fix to use modern speed interfaces 2009-09-19 13:13:23 -07:00
core driver model: constify attribute groups 2009-09-15 09:50:47 -07:00
gadget Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2009-09-16 13:48:32 +09:00
host Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6 2009-09-18 09:43:09 -07:00
image USB: replace uses of __constant_{endian} 2009-03-24 16:20:33 -07:00
misc USB: usbtest: no need for USB_DEVICEFS 2009-07-28 14:31:11 -07:00
mon Fix virt_to_phys() warnings 2009-07-06 13:57:03 -07:00
musb Merge branch 'master' into sh/hwblk 2009-08-15 13:00:02 +09:00
otg USB: otg: fix module reinsert issue 2009-07-12 15:16:41 -07:00
serial usb-serial: acquire references when a new tty is installed 2009-09-19 13:13:40 -07:00
storage USB: storage: include Prolific Technology USB drive in unusual_devs list 2009-08-07 16:05:14 -07:00
wusbcore WUSB: correct format of wusb_chid sysfs file 2009-04-17 10:50:29 -07:00
Kconfig usb: return device strings in UTF-8 2009-06-15 21:44:43 -07:00
Makefile USB: xhci: Add Makefile, MAINTAINERS, and Kconfig entries. 2009-06-15 21:44:51 -07:00
README USB: fix directory references in usb/README 2007-11-28 13:58:34 -08:00
usb-skeleton.c USB: skeleton: Use dev_info instead of info 2009-03-24 16:20:30 -07:00

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.