Re: patch usb-document-abi-for-usb_quirk_reset_morphs.patch added to gregkh-2.6 tree

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On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 gregkh@xxxxxxx wrote:

> This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> 
>     Subject: USB: Document ABI for USB_QUIRK_RESET_MORPHS
> 
> to my gregkh-2.6 tree.  Its filename is

> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
> @@ -159,3 +159,14 @@ Description:
>  		device.  This is useful to ensure auto probing won't
>  		match the driver to the device.  For example:
>  		# echo "046d c315" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/foo/remove_id
> +
> +What:		/sys/bus/usb/drivers/.../reset

I just noticed...  Shouldn't this say "devices", not "drivers"?

Also, although it may be a little late, isn't "reset" a strange name
for an attribute which is used for _preventing_ resets?  
"prevent_reset" or "avoid_reset" would be better.

> +Date:		December 2009
> +Contact:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +Description:
> +		Writing 1 to this file tells the kernel that this
> +		device will morph into another mode when it is reset.
> +		Drivers will not use reset for error handling for
> +		such devices.
> +Users:
> +		usb_modeswitch

Alan Stern

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