Framework Data Structures

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Framework Data Structures

All USB related functions or data structures follow the same naming convention and start with usb_. Figure 4 shows the structure needed to register a USB device driver at the subsystem.

**Figure 4:** usb_driver structure
$\begin{figure} \centering\index{struct usb\_driver} \begin{verbatim}struct usb... ... void buf); const struct usb_device_id id_table; };\end{verbatim}\end{figure}$

name: Usually the name of the module.
probe: The entry point of the probe function.
disconnect: The entry point of the disconnect function.
driver_list: For internal use of the subsystem - initialize to {NULL,NULL}
fops: The usual list of file operations for a driver
minor: The base minor number assigned to this device (the value has to be a multiple of 16)
serialize:
ioctl:
id_table:

Detlef Fliegl
2001-01-08