Re: [PATCH V3] usb: gadget: bcm63xx UDC driver

[Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>]

On Sat, 25 Aug 2012, Kevin Cernekee wrote:

> I am hoping that these invalid SET_CONFIGURATION / SET_INTERFACE
> requests are uncommon.  In what sorts of situations will a host
> request a configuration that isn't advertised in the device's
> descriptors?  I had trouble just convincing usb_set_interface() /
> usb_driver_set_configuration() to send such a request because they
> honor bInterfaceNumber / bConfigurationValue from the descriptors.

A request doesn't have to be invalid to fail.  Valid requests can fail
for all sorts of reasons.  -ENOMEM is the prototypical example.

Alan Stern