struct usb_driver(9)

NAME

struct_usb_driver - identifies USB interface driver to usbcore

SYNOPSIS

struct usb_driver {
  const char * name;
  int (* probe) (struct usb_interface *intf,const struct usb_device_id *id);
  void (* disconnect) (struct usb_interface *intf);
  int (* ioctl) (struct usb_interface *intf, unsigned int code,void *buf);
  int (* suspend) (struct usb_interface *intf, pm_message_t message);
  int (* resume) (struct usb_interface *intf);
  int (* reset_resume) (struct usb_interface *intf);
  int (* pre_reset) (struct usb_interface *intf);
  int (* post_reset) (struct usb_interface *intf);
  const struct usb_device_id * id_table;
  struct usb_dynids dynids;
  struct usbdrv_wrap drvwrap;
  unsigned int no_dynamic_id:1;
  unsigned int supports_autosuspend:1;
};

MEMBERS

name

The driver name should be unique among USB drivers, and should
normally be the same as the module name.

probe

Called to see if the driver is willing to manage a particular
interface on a device. If it is, probe returns zero and uses
usb_set_intfdata to associate driver-specific data with the interface. It may also use usb_set_interface to specify the appropriate altsetting. If unwilling to manage the interface,
return -ENODEV, if genuine IO errors occured, an appropriate
negative errno value.

disconnect

Called when the interface is no longer accessible, usually because its device has been (or is being) disconnected or the driver module is being unloaded.

ioctl

Used for drivers that want to talk to userspace through the "usbfs" filesystem. This lets devices provide ways to expose information to user space regardless of where they do (or don´t) show up otherwise in the filesystem.

suspend

Called when the device is going to be suspended by the system.

resume

Called when the device is being resumed by the system.

reset_resume

Called when the suspended device has been reset instead of being
resumed.

pre_reset

Called by usb_reset_composite_device when the device is about to be reset.

post_reset

Called by usb_reset_composite_device after the device has been reset

id_table

USB drivers use ID table to support hotplugging. Export this with
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(usb,...). This must be set or your driver´s
probe function will never get called.

dynids

used internally to hold the list of dynamically added device ids
for this driver.

drvwrap

Driver-model core structure wrapper.

no_dynamic_id

if set to 1, the USB core will not allow dynamic ids to be added to this driver by preventing the sysfs file from being created.

supports_autosuspend

if set to 0, the USB core will not allow autosuspend for interfaces bound to this driver.

DESCRIPTION

USB interface drivers must provide a name, probe and disconnect methods, and an id_table. Other driver fields are optional.

The id_table is used in hotplugging. It holds a set of descriptors, and specialized data may be associated with each entry. That table is used by both user and kernel mode hotplugging support.

The probe and disconnect methods are called in a context where they can sleep, but they should avoid abusing the privilege. Most work to
connect to a device should be done when the device is opened, and
undone at the last close. The disconnect code needs to address
concurrency issues with respect to open and close methods, as well as forcing all pending I/O requests to complete (by unlinking them as
necessary, and blocking until the unlinks complete).

COPYRIGHT

Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. August 2009 STRUCT USB_DRIVER(9)