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A Synopsys USB core used in various SoCs has a bug which might cause that the host controller not issuing ping. When software uses the Doorbell mechanism to remove queue heads, the host controller still has references to the removed queue head even after indicating an Interrupt on Async Advance. This happens if the last executed queue head's Next Link queue head is removed. Consequences of the defect: The Host controller fetches the removed queue head, using memory that would otherwise be deallocated.This results in incorrect transactions on both the USB and system memory. This may result in undefined behavior. Workarounds: 1) If no queue head is active (no Status field's Active bit is set) after removing the queue heads, the software can write one of the valid queue head addresses to the ASYNCLISTADDR register and deallocate the removed queue head's memory after 2 microframes. If one or more of the queue heads is active (the Active bit is set in the Status field) after removing the queue heads, the software can delay memory deallocation after time X, where X is the time required for the Host Controller to go through all the queue heads once. X varies with the number of queue heads and the time required to process periodic transactions: if more periodic transactions must be performed, the Host Controller has less time to process asynchronous transaction processing. 2) Do not use the Doorbell mechanism to remove the queue heads. Disable the Asynchronous Schedule Enable bit instead. The bug has been discussed on the linux-usb-devel mailing-list four years ago, the original thread can be found here: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg45345.html This patch implements the first workaround as suggested by David Brownell. The built-in USB host controller of the Atheros AR7130/AR7141/AR7161 SoCs requires this to work properly. Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org> Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> |
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To understand all the Linux-USB framework, you'll use these resources:
* This source code. This is necessarily an evolving work, and
includes kerneldoc that should help you get a current overview.
("make pdfdocs", and then look at "usb.pdf" for host side and
"gadget.pdf" for peripheral side.) Also, Documentation/usb has
more information.
* The USB 2.0 specification (from www.usb.org), with supplements
such as those for USB OTG and the various device classes.
The USB specification has a good overview chapter, and USB
peripherals conform to the widely known "Chapter 9".
* Chip specifications for USB controllers. Examples include
host controllers (on PCs, servers, and more); peripheral
controllers (in devices with Linux firmware, like printers or
cell phones); and hard-wired peripherals like Ethernet adapters.
* Specifications for other protocols implemented by USB peripheral
functions. Some are vendor-specific; others are vendor-neutral
but just standardized outside of the www.usb.org team.
Here is a list of what each subdirectory here is, and what is contained in
them.
core/ - This is for the core USB host code, including the
usbfs files and the hub class driver ("khubd").
host/ - This is for USB host controller drivers. This
includes UHCI, OHCI, EHCI, and others that might
be used with more specialized "embedded" systems.
gadget/ - This is for USB peripheral controller drivers and
the various gadget drivers which talk to them.
Individual USB driver directories. A new driver should be added to the
first subdirectory in the list below that it fits into.
image/ - This is for still image drivers, like scanners or
digital cameras.
../input/ - This is for any driver that uses the input subsystem,
like keyboard, mice, touchscreens, tablets, etc.
../media/ - This is for multimedia drivers, like video cameras,
radios, and any other drivers that talk to the v4l
subsystem.
../net/ - This is for network drivers.
serial/ - This is for USB to serial drivers.
storage/ - This is for USB mass-storage drivers.
class/ - This is for all USB device drivers that do not fit
into any of the above categories, and work for a range
of USB Class specified devices.
misc/ - This is for all USB device drivers that do not fit
into any of the above categories.