From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Utsav Shankar <utsaveshan0206@gmail.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
Utsav Shankar <utsaveshan0206@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: usb: remove dead link to external USB programming guide
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:23:43 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8733xi7evk.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260713150544.20962-1-utsaveshan0206@gmail.com>
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 than link to a third-party archive of a 20+ year old, outdated guide.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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