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										 |  |  | To understand all the Linux-USB framework, you'll use these resources: | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |     * 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 | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |     * 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". | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |     * 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. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |     * 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. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | Here is a list of what each subdirectory here is, and what is contained in | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | core/		- This is for the core USB host code, including the | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 		  usbfs files and the hub class driver ("hub_wq"). | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | host/		- This is for USB host controller drivers.  This | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 		  includes UHCI, OHCI, EHCI, and others that might | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 		  be used with more specialized "embedded" systems. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | gadget/		- This is for USB peripheral controller drivers and | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 		  the various gadget drivers which talk to them. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | Individual USB driver directories.  A new driver should be added to the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | first subdirectory in the list below that it fits into. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | image/		- This is for still image drivers, like scanners or | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 		  digital cameras. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ../input/	- This is for any driver that uses the input subsystem, | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 		  like keyboard, mice, touchscreens, tablets, etc. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ../media/	- This is for multimedia drivers, like video cameras, | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 		  radios, and any other drivers that talk to the v4l | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 		  subsystem. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ../net/		- This is for network drivers. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 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. |