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authorLan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@intel.com>2013-01-19 17:53:32 (GMT)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2013-01-21 00:09:53 (GMT)
commitcef7468caff29d3333fba4d0ececd82063ce80d5 (patch)
tree5e3a3409f3dc4a37336b2ba05f4893b8f6cb8710 /Documentation/ABI
parent9f7344fbaf191de63df315c7e0fa4c976e2ea419 (diff)
downloadlinux-cef7468caff29d3333fba4d0ececd82063ce80d5.tar.xz
usb: Add "portX/connect_type" attribute to expose usb port's connect type
Some platforms provide usb port connect types through ACPI. This patch is to add this new attribute to expose these information to user space. Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
@@ -227,3 +227,12 @@ Contact: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@intel.com>
Description:
The /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../(hub interface)/portX
is usb port device's sysfs directory.
+
+What: /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../(hub interface)/portX/connect_type
+Date: January 2013
+Contact: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@intel.com>
+Description:
+ Some platforms provide usb port connect types through ACPI.
+ This attribute is to expose these information to user space.
+ The file will read "hotplug", "wired" and "not used" if the
+ information is available, and "unknown" otherwise.