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diff --git a/Documentation/usb/URB.txt b/Documentation/usb/URB.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 50da0d455444..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/usb/URB.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,261 +0,0 @@ -Revised: 2000-Dec-05. -Again: 2002-Jul-06 -Again: 2005-Sep-19 - - NOTE: - - The USB subsystem now has a substantial section in "The Linux Kernel API" - guide (in Documentation/DocBook), generated from the current source - code. This particular documentation file isn't particularly current or - complete; don't rely on it except for a quick overview. - - -1.1. Basic concept or 'What is an URB?' - -The basic idea of the new driver is message passing, the message itself is -called USB Request Block, or URB for short. - -- An URB consists of all relevant information to execute any USB transaction - and deliver the data and status back. - -- Execution of an URB is inherently an asynchronous operation, i.e. the - usb_submit_urb(urb) call returns immediately after it has successfully - queued the requested action. - -- Transfers for one URB can be canceled with usb_unlink_urb(urb) at any time. - -- Each URB has a completion handler, which is called after the action - has been successfully completed or canceled. The URB also contains a - context-pointer for passing information to the completion handler. - -- Each endpoint for a device logically supports a queue of requests. - You can fill that queue, so that the USB hardware can still transfer - data to an endpoint while your driver handles completion of another. - This maximizes use of USB bandwidth, and supports seamless streaming - of data to (or from) devices when using periodic transfer modes. - - -1.2. The URB structure - -Some of the fields in an URB are: - -struct urb -{ -// (IN) device and pipe specify the endpoint queue - struct usb_device *dev; // pointer to associated USB device - unsigned int pipe; // endpoint information - - unsigned int transfer_flags; // ISO_ASAP, SHORT_NOT_OK, etc. - -// (IN) all urbs need completion routines - void *context; // context for completion routine - void (*complete)(struct urb *); // pointer to completion routine - -// (OUT) status after each completion - int status; // returned status - -// (IN) buffer used for data transfers - void *transfer_buffer; // associated data buffer - int transfer_buffer_length; // data buffer length - int number_of_packets; // size of iso_frame_desc - -// (OUT) sometimes only part of CTRL/BULK/INTR transfer_buffer is used - int actual_length; // actual data buffer length - -// (IN) setup stage for CTRL (pass a struct usb_ctrlrequest) - unsigned char* setup_packet; // setup packet (control only) - -// Only for PERIODIC transfers (ISO, INTERRUPT) - // (IN/OUT) start_frame is set unless ISO_ASAP isn't set - int start_frame; // start frame - int interval; // polling interval - - // ISO only: packets are only "best effort"; each can have errors - int error_count; // number of errors - struct usb_iso_packet_descriptor iso_frame_desc[0]; -}; - -Your driver must create the "pipe" value using values from the appropriate -endpoint descriptor in an interface that it's claimed. - - -1.3. How to get an URB? - -URBs are allocated with the following call - - struct urb *usb_alloc_urb(int isoframes, int mem_flags) - -Return value is a pointer to the allocated URB, 0 if allocation failed. -The parameter isoframes specifies the number of isochronous transfer frames -you want to schedule. For CTRL/BULK/INT, use 0. The mem_flags parameter -holds standard memory allocation flags, letting you control (among other -things) whether the underlying code may block or not. - -To free an URB, use - - void usb_free_urb(struct urb *urb) - -You may free an urb that you've submitted, but which hasn't yet been -returned to you in a completion callback. It will automatically be -deallocated when it is no longer in use. - - -1.4. What has to be filled in? - -Depending on the type of transaction, there are some inline functions -defined in <linux/usb.h> to simplify the initialization, such as -fill_control_urb() and fill_bulk_urb(). In general, they need the usb -device pointer, the pipe (usual format from usb.h), the transfer buffer, -the desired transfer length, the completion handler, and its context. -Take a look at the some existing drivers to see how they're used. - -Flags: -For ISO there are two startup behaviors: Specified start_frame or ASAP. -For ASAP set URB_ISO_ASAP in transfer_flags. - -If short packets should NOT be tolerated, set URB_SHORT_NOT_OK in -transfer_flags. - - -1.5. How to submit an URB? - -Just call - - int usb_submit_urb(struct urb *urb, int mem_flags) - -The mem_flags parameter, such as SLAB_ATOMIC, controls memory allocation, -such as whether the lower levels may block when memory is tight. - -It immediately returns, either with status 0 (request queued) or some -error code, usually caused by the following: - -- Out of memory (-ENOMEM) -- Unplugged device (-ENODEV) -- Stalled endpoint (-EPIPE) -- Too many queued ISO transfers (-EAGAIN) -- Too many requested ISO frames (-EFBIG) -- Invalid INT interval (-EINVAL) -- More than one packet for INT (-EINVAL) - -After submission, urb->status is -EINPROGRESS; however, you should never -look at that value except in your completion callback. - -For isochronous endpoints, your completion handlers should (re)submit -URBs to the same endpoint with the ISO_ASAP flag, using multi-buffering, -to get seamless ISO streaming. - - -1.6. How to cancel an already running URB? - -There are two ways to cancel an URB you've submitted but which hasn't -been returned to your driver yet. For an asynchronous cancel, call - - int usb_unlink_urb(struct urb *urb) - -It removes the urb from the internal list and frees all allocated -HW descriptors. The status is changed to reflect unlinking. Note -that the URB will not normally have finished when usb_unlink_urb() -returns; you must still wait for the completion handler to be called. - -To cancel an URB synchronously, call - - void usb_kill_urb(struct urb *urb) - -It does everything usb_unlink_urb does, and in addition it waits -until after the URB has been returned and the completion handler -has finished. It also marks the URB as temporarily unusable, so -that if the completion handler or anyone else tries to resubmit it -they will get a -EPERM error. Thus you can be sure that when -usb_kill_urb() returns, the URB is totally idle. - -There is a lifetime issue to consider. An URB may complete at any -time, and the completion handler may free the URB. If this happens -while usb_unlink_urb or usb_kill_urb is running, it will cause a -memory-access violation. The driver is responsible for avoiding this, -which often means some sort of lock will be needed to prevent the URB -from being deallocated while it is still in use. - -On the other hand, since usb_unlink_urb may end up calling the -completion handler, the handler must not take any lock that is held -when usb_unlink_urb is invoked. The general solution to this problem -is to increment the URB's reference count while holding the lock, then -drop the lock and call usb_unlink_urb or usb_kill_urb, and then -decrement the URB's reference count. You increment the reference -count by calling - - struct urb *usb_get_urb(struct urb *urb) - -(ignore the return value; it is the same as the argument) and -decrement the reference count by calling usb_free_urb. Of course, -none of this is necessary if there's no danger of the URB being freed -by the completion handler. - - -1.7. What about the completion handler? - -The handler is of the following type: - - typedef void (*usb_complete_t)(struct urb *) - -I.e., it gets the URB that caused the completion call. In the completion -handler, you should have a look at urb->status to detect any USB errors. -Since the context parameter is included in the URB, you can pass -information to the completion handler. - -Note that even when an error (or unlink) is reported, data may have been -transferred. That's because USB transfers are packetized; it might take -sixteen packets to transfer your 1KByte buffer, and ten of them might -have transferred successfully before the completion was called. - - -NOTE: ***** WARNING ***** -NEVER SLEEP IN A COMPLETION HANDLER. These are often called in atomic -context. - -In the current kernel, completion handlers run with local interrupts -disabled, but in the future this will be changed, so don't assume that -local IRQs are always disabled inside completion handlers. - -1.8. How to do isochronous (ISO) transfers? - -For ISO transfers you have to fill a usb_iso_packet_descriptor structure, -allocated at the end of the URB by usb_alloc_urb(n,mem_flags), for each -packet you want to schedule. You also have to set urb->interval to say -how often to make transfers; it's often one per frame (which is once -every microframe for highspeed devices). The actual interval used will -be a power of two that's no bigger than what you specify. - -The usb_submit_urb() call modifies urb->interval to the implemented interval -value that is less than or equal to the requested interval value. If -ISO_ASAP scheduling is used, urb->start_frame is also updated. - -For each entry you have to specify the data offset for this frame (base is -transfer_buffer), and the length you want to write/expect to read. -After completion, actual_length contains the actual transferred length and -status contains the resulting status for the ISO transfer for this frame. -It is allowed to specify a varying length from frame to frame (e.g. for -audio synchronisation/adaptive transfer rates). You can also use the length -0 to omit one or more frames (striping). - -For scheduling you can choose your own start frame or ISO_ASAP. As explained -earlier, if you always keep at least one URB queued and your completion -keeps (re)submitting a later URB, you'll get smooth ISO streaming (if usb -bandwidth utilization allows). - -If you specify your own start frame, make sure it's several frames in advance -of the current frame. You might want this model if you're synchronizing -ISO data with some other event stream. - - -1.9. How to start interrupt (INT) transfers? - -Interrupt transfers, like isochronous transfers, are periodic, and happen -in intervals that are powers of two (1, 2, 4 etc) units. Units are frames -for full and low speed devices, and microframes for high speed ones. -The usb_submit_urb() call modifies urb->interval to the implemented interval -value that is less than or equal to the requested interval value. - -In Linux 2.6, unlike earlier versions, interrupt URBs are not automagically -restarted when they complete. They end when the completion handler is -called, just like other URBs. If you want an interrupt URB to be restarted, -your completion handler must resubmit it. |