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authorPete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>2006-06-12 23:09:39 -0400
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2006-06-21 18:04:17 -0400
commitd9ac2cfc3aaf3bc37da4192d3edfa11d2ad2e96f (patch)
tree71afab7732f7acb26cb3637122a417a28741b17a /Documentation/usb
parent12e72feab5d9a23107f245b0f241a2484cbb5a4e (diff)
[PATCH] USB: update usbmon.txt
Fix up the documentation. Apparently, I left unedited copy-paste results in examples. Also, Alan helped me to improve the most confusing parts. Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt32
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt
index 63cb7edd177e..e65ec828d7aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt
@@ -29,14 +29,13 @@ if usbmon is built into the kernel.
29 29
30# mount -t debugfs none_debugs /sys/kernel/debug 30# mount -t debugfs none_debugs /sys/kernel/debug
31# modprobe usbmon 31# modprobe usbmon
32#
32 33
33Verify that bus sockets are present. 34Verify that bus sockets are present.
34 35
35[root@lembas zaitcev]# ls /sys/kernel/debug/usbmon 36# ls /sys/kernel/debug/usbmon
361s 1t 2s 2t 3s 3t 4s 4t 371s 1t 2s 2t 3s 3t 4s 4t
37[root@lembas zaitcev]# 38#
38
39# ls /sys/kernel
40 39
412. Find which bus connects to the desired device 402. Find which bus connects to the desired device
42 41
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ that the file size is not excessive for your favourite editor.
76 75
77* Raw text data format 76* Raw text data format
78 77
79The '0t' type data consists of a stream of events, such as URB submission, 78The '1t' type data consists of a stream of events, such as URB submission,
80URB callback, submission error. Every event is a text line, which consists 79URB callback, submission error. Every event is a text line, which consists
81of whitespace separated words. The number of position of words may depend 80of whitespace separated words. The number of position of words may depend
82on the event type, but there is a set of words, common for all types. 81on the event type, but there is a set of words, common for all types.
@@ -97,20 +96,25 @@ Here is the list of words, from left to right:
97 Zi Zo Isochronous input and output 96 Zi Zo Isochronous input and output
98 Ii Io Interrupt input and output 97 Ii Io Interrupt input and output
99 Bi Bo Bulk input and output 98 Bi Bo Bulk input and output
100 Device address and Endpoint number are decimal numbers with leading zeroes 99 Device address and Endpoint number are 3-digit and 2-digit (respectively)
101 or 3 and 2 positions, correspondingly. 100 decimal numbers, with leading zeroes.
102- URB Status. This field makes no sense for submissions, but is present 101- URB Status. In most cases, this field contains a number, sometimes negative,
103 to help scripts with parsing. In error case, it contains the error code. 102 which represents a "status" field of the URB. This field makes no sense for
104 In case of a setup packet, it contains a Setup Tag. If scripts read a number 103 submissions, but is present anyway to help scripts with parsing. When an
105 in this field, they proceed to read Data Length. Otherwise, they read 104 error occurs, the field contains the error code. In case of a submission of
106 the setup packet before reading the Data Length. 105 a Control packet, this field contains a Setup Tag instead of an error code.
106 It is easy to tell whether the Setup Tag is present because it is never a
107 number. Thus if scripts find a number in this field, they proceed to read
108 Data Length. If they find something else, like a letter, they read the setup
109 packet before reading the Data Length.
107- Setup packet, if present, consists of 5 words: one of each for bmRequestType, 110- Setup packet, if present, consists of 5 words: one of each for bmRequestType,
108 bRequest, wValue, wIndex, wLength, as specified by the USB Specification 2.0. 111 bRequest, wValue, wIndex, wLength, as specified by the USB Specification 2.0.
109 These words are safe to decode if Setup Tag was 's'. Otherwise, the setup 112 These words are safe to decode if Setup Tag was 's'. Otherwise, the setup
110 packet was present, but not captured, and the fields contain filler. 113 packet was present, but not captured, and the fields contain filler.
111- Data Length. This is the actual length in the URB. 114- Data Length. For submissions, this is the requested length. For callbacks,
115 this is the actual length.
112- Data tag. The usbmon may not always capture data, even if length is nonzero. 116- Data tag. The usbmon may not always capture data, even if length is nonzero.
113 Only if tag is '=', the data words are present. 117 The data words are present only if this tag is '='.
114- Data words follow, in big endian hexadecimal format. Notice that they are 118- Data words follow, in big endian hexadecimal format. Notice that they are
115 not machine words, but really just a byte stream split into words to make 119 not machine words, but really just a byte stream split into words to make
116 it easier to read. Thus, the last word may contain from one to four bytes. 120 it easier to read. Thus, the last word may contain from one to four bytes.