From 2fc82c2de604deabb86b0558be0a301bb2209a19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wolfram Sang Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:36:42 +0100 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/ABI') diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb index 1430f584b266..614d451cee41 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb +++ 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: -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b