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authorWolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>2014-01-10 19:36:42 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2014-01-10 16:54:35 -0800
commit2fc82c2de604deabb86b0558be0a301bb2209a19 (patch)
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downloadlinux-2fc82c2de604deabb86b0558be0a301bb2209a19.tar.bz2
usb: core: allow a reference device for new_id
Often, usb drivers need some driver_info to get a device to work. To have access to driver_info when using new_id, allow to pass a reference vendor:product tuple from which new_id will inherit driver_info. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
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+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
@@ -50,13 +50,19 @@ Description:
This may allow the driver to support more hardware than
was included in the driver's static device ID support
table at compile time. The format for the device ID is:
- idVendor idProduct bInterfaceClass.
+ idVendor idProduct bInterfaceClass RefIdVendor RefIdProduct
The vendor ID and device ID fields are required, the
- interface class is optional.
+ rest is optional. The Ref* tuple can be used to tell the
+ driver to use the same driver_data for the new device as
+ it is used for the reference device.
Upon successfully adding an ID, the driver will probe
for the device and attempt to bind to it. For example:
# echo "8086 10f5" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/foo/new_id
+ Here add a new device (0458:7045) using driver_data from
+ an already supported device (0458:704c):
+ # echo "0458 7045 0 0458 704c" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/foo/new_id
+
Reading from this file will list all dynamically added
device IDs in the same format, with one entry per
line. For example: