On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 11:28:38AM -0700, David Brownell wrote: > This is another "gadget" driver -- one that lets user mode > code implement usb device functions, with all the classic > advantages of such solutions. There's an example driver > at the linux-usb "gadget" web page, which uses pthreads > and handles several control requests in user mode. > > This capability is packaged in the form of a filesystem, > conventionally mounted at /dev/gadget, with files that the > user mode driver opens, configures, and then uses with > normal read() and write() system calls. Because this > doesn't require use of ioctl(), such user mode drivers > can be written in almost any language: not just C, but > also Java, Python, Perl, and others -- likely even BASH. > > For now, such user mode gadget drivers are limited to a > single configuration, although the interfaces in that > configuration could support multiple altsettings when > the hardware allows. > > Please merge. This first patch provides the driver, > the next one adds kconfig and kbuild support.
Sweet, this is very nice. Applied, thanks. greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
