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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
index 7c22a532fdf..6df4e6f5756 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
@@ -135,6 +135,17 @@ Description:
for the device and attempt to bind to it. For example:
# echo "8086 10f5" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/foo/new_id
+ Reading from this file will list all dynamically added
+ device IDs in the same format, with one entry per
+ line. For example:
+ # cat /sys/bus/usb/drivers/foo/new_id
+ 8086 10f5
+ dead beef 06
+ f00d cafe
+
+ The list will be truncated at PAGE_SIZE bytes due to
+ sysfs restrictions.
+
What: /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/.../new_id
Date: October 2011
Contact: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
@@ -157,6 +168,10 @@ Description:
match the driver to the device. For example:
# echo "046d c315" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/foo/remove_id
+ Reading from this file will list the dynamically added
+ device IDs, exactly like reading from the entry
+ "/sys/bus/usb/drivers/.../new_id"
+
What: /sys/bus/usb/device/.../avoid_reset_quirk
Date: December 2009
Contact: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
@@ -189,7 +204,7 @@ Contact: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Description:
Some information about whether a given USB device is
physically fixed to the platform can be inferred from a
- combination of hub decriptor bits and platform-specific data
+ combination of hub descriptor bits and platform-specific data
such as ACPI. This file will read either "removable" or
"fixed" if the information is available, and "unknown"
- otherwise. \ No newline at end of file
+ otherwise.