These files can be read as binary data. The binary data consists
of first the device descriptor, then the descriptors for each
-configuration of the device. That information is also shown in
-text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later.
+configuration of the device. Multi-byte fields in the device and
+configuration descriptors, but not other descriptors, are converted
+to host endianness by the kernel. This information is also shown
+in text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later.
These files may also be used to write user-level drivers for the USB
devices. You would open the /proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD file read/write,
would issue more ioctls to the device to communicate to it using
control, bulk, or other kinds of USB transfers. The IOCTLs are
listed in the <linux/usbdevice_fs.h> file, and at this writing the
-source code (linux/drivers/usb/devio.c) is the primary reference
+source code (linux/drivers/usb/core/devio.c) is the primary reference
for how to access devices through those files.
Note that since by default these BBB/DDD files are writable only by
Interface descriptor info (can be multiple per Config):
-I: If#=dd Alt=dd #EPs=dd Cls=xx(sssss) Sub=xx Prot=xx Driver=ssss
-| | | | | | | |__Driver name
-| | | | | | | or "(none)"
-| | | | | | |__InterfaceProtocol
-| | | | | |__InterfaceSubClass
-| | | | |__InterfaceClass
-| | | |__NumberOfEndpoints
-| | |__AlternateSettingNumber
-| |__InterfaceNumber
+I:* If#=dd Alt=dd #EPs=dd Cls=xx(sssss) Sub=xx Prot=xx Driver=ssss
+| | | | | | | | |__Driver name
+| | | | | | | | or "(none)"
+| | | | | | | |__InterfaceProtocol
+| | | | | | |__InterfaceSubClass
+| | | | | |__InterfaceClass
+| | | | |__NumberOfEndpoints
+| | | |__AlternateSettingNumber
+| | |__InterfaceNumber
+| |__ "*" indicates the active altsetting (others are " ")
|__Interface info tag
A given interface may have one or more "alternate" settings.
on how to do this.)
The Interface lines can be used to determine what driver is
-being used for each device.
+being used for each device, and which altsetting it activated.
The Configuration lines could be used to list maximum power
(in milliamps) that a system's USB devices are using.