* [PATCH] Documentation: usb: remove dead link to external USB programming guide
@ 2026-07-13 15:05 Utsav Shankar
2026-07-16 22:23 ` Jonathan Corbet
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Utsav Shankar @ 2026-07-13 15:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jonathan Corbet; +Cc: Shuah Khan, linux-doc, linux-usb, Utsav Shankar
The "Programming Guide for Linux USB Device Drivers" was last hosted
at lmu.web.psi.ch and is no longer reachable. The original source
(TUM, cs.tum.edu) is also defunct. Remove the dead reference rather
than link to a third-party archive of a 20+ year old, outdated guide.
Signed-off-by: Utsav Shankar <utsaveshan0206@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst
index 95c4f5d14..6f024e164 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst
@@ -322,7 +322,4 @@ http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/
linux-usb Mailing List Archives:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/
-Programming Guide for Linux USB Device Drivers:
-https://lmu.web.psi.ch/docu/manuals/software_manuals/linux_sl/usb_linux_programming_guide.pdf
-
USB Home Page: https://www.usb.org
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2.54.0
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation: usb: remove dead link to external USB programming guide
2026-07-13 15:05 [PATCH] Documentation: usb: remove dead link to external USB programming guide Utsav Shankar
@ 2026-07-16 22:23 ` Jonathan Corbet
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jonathan Corbet @ 2026-07-16 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Utsav Shankar; +Cc: Shuah Khan, linux-doc, linux-usb, Utsav Shankar
Utsav Shankar <utsaveshan0206@gmail.com> writes:
> The "Programming Guide for Linux USB Device Drivers" was last hosted
> at lmu.web.psi.ch and is no longer reachable. The original source
> (TUM, cs.tum.edu) is also defunct. Remove the dead reference rather
> than link to a third-party archive of a 20+ year old, outdated guide.
>
> Signed-off-by: Utsav Shankar <utsaveshan0206@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst | 3 ---
> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst
> index 95c4f5d14..6f024e164 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst
> @@ -322,7 +322,4 @@ http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/
> linux-usb Mailing List Archives:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/
>
> -Programming Guide for Linux USB Device Drivers:
> -https://lmu.web.psi.ch/docu/manuals/software_manuals/linux_sl/usb_linux_programming_guide.pdf
> -
Applied, thanks.
jon
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