On Wed, 20 Mar 2013, Sergei Organov wrote: > > >> What is recomended driver to use for a USB device that provides just > >> 2 bulk end-points, in and out, to create a TTY to talk to it? Exact > >> data formats that are used are application-specific, so only generic IO > >> TTY-alike device (with no control) is required from the kernel. > >> Searching through the lists and Internet uncovered multiple posts of > >> why "usbserial" is a wrong driver for this purpose, but nowhere did I > >> find what the right alternative is. > > > what shows lsusb (e.g. what is TTY PID)? What is chip inside? Usually > > the chips are either FTDI or something similar, and then ftdi driver > > should work (coupled with right parameters for "unsuported" IDs - you > > can then propose patch once you will see the device working). > > Thanks, but this is _not_ FTDI or any other widely-known device. It's not > usb-to-serial converter or modem of any kind at all. Just a device to > which one can talk over 2 USB bulk end-points, and I want to get a TTY > to talk to it. Maybe some user-space alternative?
For something like this, usb-serial may indeed be the best solution, even though it has relatively low throughput. I don't think any of the more specific drivers are suited to this protocol. Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
