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proc_usb_info.txt: Correct documentation about endianness of config descriptors

The config descriptors as read from /proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD are in *bus* endian
format. Correct proc_usb_info.txt to correctly reflect that.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Hans de Goede 12 ani în urmă
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      Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt

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Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt

@@ -54,9 +54,12 @@ it and 002/048 sometime later.
 
 
 These files can be read as binary data.  The binary data consists
 These files can be read as binary data.  The binary data consists
 of first the device descriptor, then the descriptors for each
 of first the device descriptor, then the descriptors for each
-configuration of the device.  Multi-byte fields in the device and
-configuration descriptors, but not other descriptors, are converted
-to host endianness by the kernel.  This information is also shown
+configuration of the device.  Multi-byte fields in the device descriptor
+are converted to host endianness by the kernel.  The configuration
+descriptors are in bus endian format! The configuration descriptor
+are wTotalLength bytes apart. If a device returns less configuration
+descriptor data than indicated by wTotalLength there will be a hole in
+the file for the missing bytes.  This information is also shown
 in text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later.
 in text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later.
 
 
 These files may also be used to write user-level drivers for the USB
 These files may also be used to write user-level drivers for the USB