[PATCH 2/2] usb: storage: add usbdisk alias for USB storage devices
Sascha Hauer <[email protected]> Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:39:56 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.infradead.lists.barebox |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Both MMC/SD and USB storage devices can be registered as "disk0" so there is no way to access the first USB storage device. Add an "usbdisk" alias so a user can easily detect the presence of a USB storage device and acces it. Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <[email protected]> --- drivers/usb/storage/usb.c | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c index 2ad08183f6..6251a6e5a5 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c @@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ static int usb_stor_add_blkdev(struct us_data *us, unsigned char lun) struct device *dev = &us->pusb_dev->dev; struct us_blk_dev *pblk_dev; int result; + char *diskname = NULL, *alias = NULL; /* allocate a new USB block device */ pblk_dev = xzalloc(sizeof(struct us_blk_dev)); @@ -414,10 +415,12 @@ static int usb_stor_add_blkdev(struct us_data *us, unsigned char lun) if (result < 0) goto BadDevice; - result = cdev_find_free_index("disk"); - dev_info(dev, "registering as disk%d\n", result); + diskname = xasprintf("disk%d", cdev_find_free_index("disk")); + alias = xasprintf("usbdisk%d", cdev_find_free_index("usbdisk")); - pblk_dev->blk.cdev.name = basprintf("disk%d", result); + dev_info(dev, "registering as %s (%s)\n", diskname, alias); + + pblk_dev->blk.cdev.name = diskname; pblk_dev->blk.blockbits = SECTOR_SHIFT; pblk_dev->blk.type = BLK_TYPE_USB; pblk_dev->blk.removable = true; @@ -429,6 +432,9 @@ static int usb_stor_add_blkdev(struct us_data *us, unsigned char lun) goto BadDevice; } + devfs_add_alias(&pblk_dev->blk.cdev, alias); + free(alias); + list_add_tail(&pblk_dev->list, &us->blk_dev_list); dev_dbg(dev, "USB disk device successfully added\n"); @@ -437,6 +443,9 @@ static int usb_stor_add_blkdev(struct us_data *us, unsigned char lun) BadDevice: dev_dbg(dev, "%s failed with %d\n", __func__, result); free(pblk_dev); + free(diskname); + free(alias); + return result; } -- 2.47.3