Re: Patch for expanded text API in usbmon

Pete Zaitcev <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel
Organization Red Hat, Inc.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:30:16 -0500 (EST), Alan Stern <[email protected]> wrote:

> Right now, I think transfer_flags would be useless.  However I have in
> mind the discussions with David and Monty back last November about
> improved reliability and latency for ISO transfers.  One of the outcomes
> of that discussion was a proposal for a new transfer flag with
> significantly different semantics from the existing URB_ISO_ASAP.

> So overall my advice is this: If adding it in is at all tricky or awkward,
> then don't bother.  We won't miss it.

Thanks for the insight. I found a place for transfer_flags in the binary
API packet, so it's going to be there just in case, but not in text.
My test application usbmon(1) outputs a text-compatible dump, so it
ignores the field, but we can add a flag or something. I hope this
is acceptable. 

-- Pete

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