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| author | Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com> | 2012-11-06 22:52:36 +0100 |
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| committer | Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> | 2012-11-08 16:01:04 +0200 |
| commit | fa06920a3ece1ed43333992d35c0044e7a6c048a (patch) | |
| tree | 757f13372f75107d2c8a3006ddc9bf3efb470eab /Documentation/usb | |
| parent | 77614e0250611fbeeb94b12e0a0b7f281fe61329 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-fa06920a3ece1ed43333992d35c0044e7a6c048a.tar.gz lwn-fa06920a3ece1ed43333992d35c0044e7a6c048a.zip | |
usb: gadget: Remove File-backed Storage Gadget (g_file_storage).
The File-backed Storage Gadget (g_file_storage) gadget has been replaced
with Mass Storage Gadget (g_mass_storage) which uses the composite
framework. This commit removes g_file_storage (and most references to it).
Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>
Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/usb')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/mass-storage.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/mass-storage.txt b/Documentation/usb/mass-storage.txt index e9b9334627bf..59063ad7a60d 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/mass-storage.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/mass-storage.txt @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ This document describes how to use the gadget from user space, its relation to mass storage function (or MSF) and different gadgets - using it, and how it differs from File Storage Gadget (or FSG). It - will talk only briefly about how to use MSF within composite - gadgets. + using it, and how it differs from File Storage Gadget (or FSG) + (which is no longer included in Linux). It will talk only briefly + about how to use MSF within composite gadgets. * Module parameters @@ -198,16 +198,15 @@ The Mass Storage Function and thus the Mass Storage Gadget has been based on the File Storage Gadget. The difference between the two is that MSG is a composite gadget (ie. uses the composite framework) - while file storage gadget is a traditional gadget. From userspace + while file storage gadget was a traditional gadget. From userspace point of view this distinction does not really matter, but from kernel hacker's point of view, this means that (i) MSG does not duplicate code needed for handling basic USB protocol commands and (ii) MSF can be used in any other composite gadget. - Because of that, File Storage Gadget has been deprecated and - scheduled to be removed in Linux 3.8. All users need to transition - to the Mass Storage Gadget by that time. The two gadgets behave - mostly the same from the outside except: + Because of that, File Storage Gadget has been removed in Linux 3.8. + All users need to transition to the Mass Storage Gadget. The two + gadgets behave mostly the same from the outside except: 1. In FSG the “removable” and “cdrom” module parameters set the flag for all logical units whereas in MSG they accept a list of y/n |