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author | David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> | 2006-04-02 18:19:08 (GMT) |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2006-04-14 18:12:24 (GMT) |
commit | 51400f1d6ef7ca871b584117527f7c6b12bf182b (patch) | |
tree | 457e02d46cbf31227a6947c678a171066439b19c /drivers/usb | |
parent | 68dcc688d1f042842a8fb523e4a584b3211181d1 (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-51400f1d6ef7ca871b584117527f7c6b12bf182b.tar.xz |
[PATCH] USB: rndis_host whitespace/comment updates
This adds a "avoid proprietary protocols" warnoff, identifying several
of the known deficiencies in Microsoft's excuse-for-specification, and
fixes some whitespace bugs.
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/usb')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/usb/net/rndis_host.c | 28 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/usb/net/rndis_host.c b/drivers/usb/net/rndis_host.c index 49991ac..94ddfe1 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/net/rndis_host.c +++ b/drivers/usb/net/rndis_host.c @@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ * RNDIS is NDIS remoted over USB. It's a MSFT variant of CDC ACM ... of * course ACM was intended for modems, not Ethernet links! USB's standard * for Ethernet links is "CDC Ethernet", which is significantly simpler. + * + * NOTE that Microsoft's "RNDIS 1.0" specification is incomplete. Issues + * include: + * - Power management in particular relies on information that's scattered + * through other documentation, and which is incomplete or incorrect even + * there. + * - There are various undocumented protocol requirements, such as the + * need to send unused garbage in control-OUT messages. + * - In some cases, MS-Windows will emit undocumented requests; this + * matters more to peripheral implementations than host ones. + * + * For these reasons and others, ** USE OF RNDIS IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ** in + * favor of such non-proprietary alternatives as CDC Ethernet or the newer (and + * currently rare) "Ethernet Emulation Model" (EEM). */ /* @@ -72,17 +86,17 @@ struct rndis_msg_hdr { */ #define RNDIS_MSG_PACKET ccpu2(0x00000001) /* 1-N packets */ #define RNDIS_MSG_INIT ccpu2(0x00000002) -#define RNDIS_MSG_INIT_C (RNDIS_MSG_INIT|RNDIS_MSG_COMPLETION) +#define RNDIS_MSG_INIT_C (RNDIS_MSG_INIT|RNDIS_MSG_COMPLETION) #define RNDIS_MSG_HALT ccpu2(0x00000003) #define RNDIS_MSG_QUERY ccpu2(0x00000004) -#define RNDIS_MSG_QUERY_C (RNDIS_MSG_QUERY|RNDIS_MSG_COMPLETION) +#define RNDIS_MSG_QUERY_C (RNDIS_MSG_QUERY|RNDIS_MSG_COMPLETION) #define RNDIS_MSG_SET ccpu2(0x00000005) -#define RNDIS_MSG_SET_C (RNDIS_MSG_SET|RNDIS_MSG_COMPLETION) +#define RNDIS_MSG_SET_C (RNDIS_MSG_SET|RNDIS_MSG_COMPLETION) #define RNDIS_MSG_RESET ccpu2(0x00000006) -#define RNDIS_MSG_RESET_C (RNDIS_MSG_RESET|RNDIS_MSG_COMPLETION) +#define RNDIS_MSG_RESET_C (RNDIS_MSG_RESET|RNDIS_MSG_COMPLETION) #define RNDIS_MSG_INDICATE ccpu2(0x00000007) #define RNDIS_MSG_KEEPALIVE ccpu2(0x00000008) -#define RNDIS_MSG_KEEPALIVE_C (RNDIS_MSG_KEEPALIVE|RNDIS_MSG_COMPLETION) +#define RNDIS_MSG_KEEPALIVE_C (RNDIS_MSG_KEEPALIVE|RNDIS_MSG_COMPLETION) /* codes for "status" field of completion messages */ #define RNDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS ccpu2(0x00000000) @@ -596,13 +610,13 @@ static struct usb_driver rndis_driver = { static int __init rndis_init(void) { - return usb_register(&rndis_driver); + return usb_register(&rndis_driver); } module_init(rndis_init); static void __exit rndis_exit(void) { - usb_deregister(&rndis_driver); + usb_deregister(&rndis_driver); } module_exit(rndis_exit); |