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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-06-24 20:01:36 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-06-24 20:01:36 -0700 |
| commit | 1e467e68e51b116e026247d0defc806b462c095e (patch) | |
| tree | 87203f5dbb1cb24402aa966153ce49d176cc47db /Documentation/usb | |
| parent | 14738e03312ff1137109d68bcbf103c738af0f4a (diff) | |
| parent | 36f95a0b34cb980dcfff9c1082ca5d8f0dc5e78b (diff) | |
Merge tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"The main thing here is Ingo's big subdirectory documenting feature
support for each architecture. Beyond that, it's the usual pile of
fixes, tweaks, and small additions"
* tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (79 commits)
doc:md: fix typo in md.txt.
Documentation/mic/mpssd: don't build x86 userspace when cross compiling
Documentation/prctl: don't build tsc tests when cross compiling
Documentation/vDSO: don't build tests when cross compiling
Doc:ABI/testing: Fix typo in sysfs-bus-fcoe
Doc: Docbook: Change wikipedia's URL from http to https in scsi.tmpl
Doc: Change wikipedia's URL from http to https
Documentation/kernel-parameters: add missing pciserial to the earlyprintk
Doc:pps: Fix typo in pps.txt
kbuild : Fix documentation of INSTALL_HDR_PATH
Documentation: filesystems: updated struct file_operations documentation in vfs.txt
kbuild: edit explanation of clean-files variable
Doc: ja_JP: Fix typo in HOWTO
Move freefall program from Documentation/ to tools/
Documentation: ARM: EXYNOS: Describe boot loaders interface
Doc:nfc: Fix typo in nfc-hci.txt
vfs: Minor documentation fix
Doc: networking: txtimestamp: fix printf format warning
Documentation, intel_pstate: Improve legacy mode internal governors description
Documentation: extend use case for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/usb')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt index 947fa62bccf2..349f3104fa4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt @@ -465,12 +465,14 @@ Generic Serial driver device, and does not support any kind of device flow control. All that is required of your device is that it has at least one bulk in endpoint, or one bulk out endpoint. - - To enable the generic driver to recognize your device, build the driver - as a module and load it by the following invocation: + + To enable the generic driver to recognize your device, provide + echo <vid> <pid> >/sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/generic/new_id + where the <vid> and <pid> is replaced with the hex representation of your + device's vendor id and product id. + If the driver is compiled as a module you can also provide one id when + loading the module insmod usbserial vendor=0x#### product=0x#### - where the #### is replaced with the hex representation of your device's - vendor id and product id. This driver has been successfully used to connect to the NetChip USB development board, providing a way to develop USB firmware without |