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    usb: Export BOS descriptor to sysfs · 12fc84e8
    Elbert Mai authored
    Motivation
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    The binary device object store (BOS) of a USB device consists of the BOS
    descriptor followed by a set of device capability descriptors. One that is
    of interest to users is the platform descriptor. This contains a 128-bit
    UUID and arbitrary data, and it allows parties outside of USB-IF to add
    additional metadata about a USB device in a standards-compliant manner.
    Notable examples include the WebUSB and Microsoft OS 2.0 descriptors.
    
    The kernel already retrieves and caches the BOS from USB devices if its
    bcdUSB is >= 0x0201. Because the BOS is flexible and extensible, we export
    the entire BOS to sysfs so users can retrieve whatever device capabilities
    they desire, without requiring USB I/O or elevated permissions.
    
    Implementation
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    Add bos_descriptors attribute to sysfs. This is a binary file and it works
    the same way as the existing descriptors attribute. The file exists only if
    the BOS is present in the USB device.
    
    Also create a binary attribute group, so the driver core can handle the
    creation of both the descriptors and bos_descriptors attributes in sysfs.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarElbert Mai <code@elbertmai.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240305002301.95323-1-code@elbertmai.comSigned-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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