/* Make a copy of the buffer so the caller can safely reuse it just
* after libusb_submit_transfer() has returned. This technique
- * requires more allocations than a proper double-buffering approach
- * but it takes a lot less code. */
+ * requires more dynamic allocations compared to a proper
+ * double-buffering approach but it takes a lot less code. */
transfer_buffer = malloc(len);
if (transfer_buffer == NULL) {
error(dev->ctx, "cannot allocate transfer buffer (%s)\n",
if (current_configuration != (*dev)->desc->configuration) {
/*
- * In principle kernel drivers bound to each interface should
- * be detached before setting the configuration, but in
- * practice this is not necessary for most devices.
+ * In principle, before setting a new configuration, kernel
+ * drivers should be detached from _all_ interfaces; for
+ * example calling something like the following "invented"
+ * function _before_ setting the new configuration:
*
- * For example something like the following function would be
- * called:
- * libusb_detach_all_kernel_drivers((*dev)->usb_device);
+ * libusb_detach_all_kernel_drivers((*dev)->usb_device);
+ *
+ * However, in practice, this is not necessary for most
+ * devices as they have only one configuration.
+ *
+ * When a device only has one configuration:
+ *
+ * - if there was a kernel driver bound to the device, it
+ * had already set the configuration and the call below
+ * will be skipped;
+ *
+ * - if no kernel driver was bound to the device, the call
+ * below will suceed.
*/
ret = libusb_set_configuration((*dev)->usb_device,
(*dev)->desc->configuration);
if (ret < 0) {
debug(ctx, "libusb_get_configuration after claim failed: %s\n",
libusb_error_name(ret));
- goto out_libusb_close;
+ goto out_libusb_release_interface;
}
if (current_configuration != (*dev)->desc->configuration) {
debug(ctx, "libusb configuration changed (expected: %hhu, current: %hhu\n",
(*dev)->desc->configuration, current_configuration);
ret = -EINVAL;
- goto out_libusb_close;
+ goto out_libusb_release_interface;
}
out:
return ret;
+out_libusb_release_interface:
+ libusb_release_interface((*dev)->usb_device,
+ (*dev)->desc->interface_number);
out_libusb_close:
libusb_close((*dev)->usb_device);
(*dev)->usb_device = NULL;
(*ctx)->log_level = AM7XXX_LOG_TRACE;
ret = libusb_init(&((*ctx)->usb_context));
- if (ret < 0)
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ error(*ctx, "libusb_init failed: %s\n", libusb_error_name(ret));
goto out_free_context;
+ }
libusb_set_debug((*ctx)->usb_context, LIBUSB_LOG_LEVEL_INFO);