1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>usb_set_interface</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Linux-USB Host Side API"><link rel="up" href="usbcore.html" title="Chapter&#160;5.&#160;USB Core APIs"><link rel="prev" href="API-usb-reset-endpoint.html" title="usb_reset_endpoint"><link rel="next" href="API-usb-reset-configuration.html" title="usb_reset_configuration"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">usb_set_interface</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-usb-reset-endpoint.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter&#160;5.&#160;USB Core APIs</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-usb-reset-configuration.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-usb-set-interface"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>usb_set_interface &#8212; 
2     Makes a particular alternate setting be current
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">usb_set_interface </b>(</code></td><td>struct usb_device * <var class="pdparam">dev</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>int <var class="pdparam">interface</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>int <var class="pdparam">alternate</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1116268484"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>dev</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     the device whose interface is being updated
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>interface</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     the interface being updated
7    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>alternate</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
8     the setting being chosen.
9    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1116272076"></a><h2>Context</h2><p>
10   !in_interrupt ()
11</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1116272652"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
12   This is used to enable data transfers on interfaces that may not
13   be enabled by default.  Not all devices support such configurability.
14   Only the driver bound to an interface may change its setting.
15   </p><p>
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17   Within any given configuration, each interface may have several
18   alternative settings.  These are often used to control levels of
19   bandwidth consumption.  For example, the default setting for a high
20   speed interrupt endpoint may not send more than 64 bytes per microframe,
21   while interrupt transfers of up to 3KBytes per microframe are legal.
22   Also, isochronous endpoints may never be part of an
23   interface's default setting.  To access such bandwidth, alternate
24   interface settings must be made current.
25   </p><p>
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27   Note that in the Linux USB subsystem, bandwidth associated with
28   an endpoint in a given alternate setting is not reserved until an URB
29   is submitted that needs that bandwidth.  Some other operating systems
30   allocate bandwidth early, when a configuration is chosen.
31   </p><p>
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33   This call is synchronous, and may not be used in an interrupt context.
34   Also, drivers must not change altsettings while urbs are scheduled for
35   endpoints in that interface; all such urbs must first be completed
36   (perhaps forced by unlinking).
37</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1116274916"></a><h2>Return</h2><p>
38   Zero on success, or else the status code returned by the
39   underlying <code class="function">usb_control_msg</code> call.
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