A noticeable number of low-speed devices mistakenly include
descriptors for Bulk endpoints, which is forbidden by the USB spec.
In an attempt to make such devices more usable, this patch (as924)
converts the descriptors to Interrupt with an interval of 1 ms.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
Index: usb-2.6/drivers/usb/core/config.c
===================================================================
--- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/core/config.c
+++ usb-2.6/drivers/usb/core/config.c
@@ -124,6 +124,21 @@ static int usb_parse_endpoint(struct dev
endpoint->desc.bInterval = n;
}
+ /* Some buggy low-speed devices have Bulk endpoints, which is
+ * explicitly forbidden by the USB spec. In an attempt to make
+ * them usable, we will try treating them as Interrupt endpoints.
+ */
+ if (to_usb_device(ddev)->speed == USB_SPEED_LOW &&
+ usb_endpoint_xfer_bulk(d)) {
+ dev_warn(ddev, "config %d interface %d altsetting %d "
+ "endpoint 0x%X is Bulk; changing to Interrupt\n",
+ cfgno, inum, asnum, d->bEndpointAddress);
+ endpoint->desc.bmAttributes = USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_INT;
+ endpoint->desc.bInterval = 1;
+ if (le16_to_cpu(endpoint->desc.wMaxPacketSize) > 8)
+ endpoint->desc.wMaxPacketSize = cpu_to_le16(8);
+ }
+
/* Skip over any Class Specific or Vendor Specific descriptors;
* find the next endpoint or interface descriptor */
endpoint->extra = buffer;
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