[PATCH] usb driverfs, +misc
This fixes a couple issues I noted when I finally spent some time looking at the first version of driverfs support for usb: - "name" fields (really descriptions) aren't very useful. * for devices, they always said "USB device 0000:0000" --> Now they'll only say that when there's nothing better to be said ... --> ... and it's really device 0000:0000! It was using device descriptor fields before they were fetched from the device. --> Uses product and/or manufacturer strings, which most devices have, much like PCI uses the PCI ID database (when it's compiled in) * for interfaces, it was "figure out some name..." --> Now it combines the strings used in the usb_make_path() call with interface number --> Or in the remote chance a device provides an interface string, that's preferred. --> In general, I think the driver for each interface is best suited to describe it; I modified the hub driver to do so. - "bus_id" field * For hub ports, it was wasting code: we know the port already, no need to search for it. Plus, it used 0-index ids not the 1-index ones matching physical labels on hubs, and other user-visible diagnostics. * For interfaces, it mixed the device address with the interface number ... producing unstable IDs that were moreover rather cryptic. Changed: "if0" now, using the interface ID (not index). * For busses, left "usb_bus" alone ... :) - Adds two files exposing current configuration (for devices) and altsetting (for interfaces). - I was getting a useless diagnostic from the hub driver, now it's less useless (it fully identifies the hub)
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