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-LINUX HOTPLUGGING
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+USB hotplugging
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+
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+Linux Hotplugging
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+=================
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+
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In hotpluggable busses like USB (and Cardbus PCI), end-users plug devices
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into the bus with power on. In most cases, users expect the devices to become
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@@ -30,11 +35,11 @@ Because some of those actions rely on information about drivers (metadata)
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that is currently available only when the drivers are dynamically linked,
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you get the best hotplugging when you configure a highly modular system.
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+Kernel Hotplug Helper (``/sbin/hotplug``)
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+=========================================
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-KERNEL HOTPLUG HELPER (/sbin/hotplug)
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-
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-There is a kernel parameter: /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug, which normally
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-holds the pathname "/sbin/hotplug". That parameter names a program
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+There is a kernel parameter: ``/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug``, which normally
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+holds the pathname ``/sbin/hotplug``. That parameter names a program
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which the kernel may invoke at various times.
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The /sbin/hotplug program can be invoked by any subsystem as part of its
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@@ -51,26 +56,26 @@ Hotplug software and other resources is available at:
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Mailing list information is also available at that site.
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-
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+USB Policy Agent
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+================
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-USB POLICY AGENT
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-
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-The USB subsystem currently invokes /sbin/hotplug when USB devices
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+The USB subsystem currently invokes ``/sbin/hotplug`` when USB devices
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are added or removed from system. The invocation is done by the kernel
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hub workqueue [hub_wq], or else as part of root hub initialization
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(done by init, modprobe, kapmd, etc). Its single command line parameter
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is the string "usb", and it passes these environment variables:
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- ACTION ... "add", "remove"
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- PRODUCT ... USB vendor, product, and version codes (hex)
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- TYPE ... device class codes (decimal)
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- INTERFACE ... interface 0 class codes (decimal)
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+========== ============================================
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+ACTION ``add``, ``remove``
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+PRODUCT USB vendor, product, and version codes (hex)
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+TYPE device class codes (decimal)
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+INTERFACE interface 0 class codes (decimal)
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+========== ============================================
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If "usbdevfs" is configured, DEVICE and DEVFS are also passed. DEVICE is
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the pathname of the device, and is useful for devices with multiple and/or
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alternate interfaces that complicate driver selection. By design, USB
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-hotplugging is independent of "usbdevfs": you can do most essential parts
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+hotplugging is independent of ``usbdevfs``: you can do most essential parts
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of USB device setup without using that filesystem, and without running a
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user mode daemon to detect changes in system configuration.
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@@ -79,19 +84,20 @@ modules, and can invoke driver-specific setup scripts. The newest ones
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leverage USB module-init-tools support. Later agents might unload drivers.
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-USB MODUTILS SUPPORT
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+USB Modutils Support
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+====================
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-Current versions of module-init-tools will create a "modules.usbmap" file
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-which contains the entries from each driver's MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE. Such
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+Current versions of module-init-tools will create a ``modules.usbmap`` file
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+which contains the entries from each driver's ``MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE``. Such
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files can be used by various user mode policy agents to make sure all the
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right driver modules get loaded, either at boot time or later.
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-See <linux/usb.h> for full information about such table entries; or look
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+See ``linux/usb.h`` for full information about such table entries; or look
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at existing drivers. Each table entry describes one or more criteria to
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be used when matching a driver to a device or class of devices. The
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specific criteria are identified by bits set in "match_flags", paired
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with field values. You can construct the criteria directly, or with
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-macros such as these, and use driver_info to store more information.
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+macros such as these, and use driver_info to store more information::
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USB_DEVICE (vendorId, productId)
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... matching devices with specified vendor and product ids
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@@ -103,7 +109,7 @@ macros such as these, and use driver_info to store more information.
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... matching specified device class info
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A short example, for a driver that supports several specific USB devices
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-and their quirks, might have a MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE like this:
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+and their quirks, might have a MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE like this::
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static const struct usb_device_id mydriver_id_table[] = {
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{ USB_DEVICE (0x9999, 0xaaaa), driver_info: QUIRK_X },
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@@ -116,10 +122,10 @@ and their quirks, might have a MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE like this:
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Most USB device drivers should pass these tables to the USB subsystem as
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well as to the module management subsystem. Not all, though: some driver
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frameworks connect using interfaces layered over USB, and so they won't
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-need such a "struct usb_driver".
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+need such a struct :c:type:`usb_driver`.
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Drivers that connect directly to the USB subsystem should be declared
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-something like this:
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+something like this::
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static struct usb_driver mydriver = {
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.name = "mydriver",
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When the USB subsystem knows about a driver's device ID table, it's used when
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choosing drivers to probe(). The thread doing new device processing checks
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-drivers' device ID entries from the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE against interface and
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-device descriptors for the device. It will only call probe() if there is a
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-match, and the third argument to probe() will be the entry that matched.
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-
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-If you don't provide an id_table for your driver, then your driver may get
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-probed for each new device; the third parameter to probe() will be null.
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-
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-
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+drivers' device ID entries from the ``MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE`` against interface
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+and device descriptors for the device. It will only call ``probe()`` if there
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+is a match, and the third argument to ``probe()`` will be the entry that
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+matched.
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+
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+If you don't provide an ``id_table`` for your driver, then your driver may get
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+probed for each new device; the third parameter to ``probe()`` will be
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+``NULL``.
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