Re: reverse USB driver - is it possible?

2012-06-05 Thread Mark Felder
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:51:50 -0500, Daniel O'Connor docon...@gsoft.com.au wrote: ISTR someone on the lists was talking about a device by http://i-odd.com which does what you want. I found http://renosite.com/ which is a home brew version of the same basic idea. Zalman ZM-VE200 and

Re: reverse USB driver - is it possible?

2012-06-05 Thread Brian Reichert
On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 09:31:38AM -0500, Mark Felder wrote: On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:51:50 -0500, Daniel O'Connor docon...@gsoft.com.au wrote: ISTR someone on the lists was talking about a device by http://i-odd.com which does what you want. I found http://renosite.com/ which is a home

Re: reverse USB driver - is it possible?

2012-06-04 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On Monday 04 June 2012 07:00:01 Wojciech Puchar wrote: Have a look at: sys/dev/usb/storage/ustorage_fs.c Currently just implements a RAM disk. Patches are welcome. many answers - contradicting itself. others says hardware is unable to do so, you say it is done. then - how to use

Re: reverse USB driver - is it possible?

2012-06-04 Thread Wojciech Puchar
When USB was designed, they didn't think about what is called cross-over in the ethernet world. Therefore hardware is typically limited to host or device. Hardware that can do both is called OTG USB hardware. OK fine, i now understand exactly what OTG means in eg. microchip microcontrollers.

Re: reverse USB driver - is it possible?

2012-06-04 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 05/06/2012, at 2:45, Wojciech Puchar wrote: So the only way to do this is to make a microcontroller based bridge or there are such solutions already available? actually the only thing i want is CD/DVD USB simulator using file on my laptop or even separate flash memory (pendrive).

reverse USB driver - is it possible?

2012-06-03 Thread Wojciech Puchar
for SCSI/SAS/FC there is targ(4) driver allows you to become SCSI target. is it the same possible with USB? i mean if i can make my laptop to simulate say USB CDROM. Yes there are no driver line targ(4) for USB, but it is technically possible hardware-wise? with any USB controler or special

Re: reverse USB driver - is it possible?

2012-06-03 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On Sunday 03 June 2012 10:25:21 Wojciech Puchar wrote: for SCSI/SAS/FC there is targ(4) driver allows you to become SCSI target. is it the same possible with USB? i mean if i can make my laptop to simulate say USB CDROM. Yes there are no driver line targ(4) for USB, but it is technically

Re: reverse USB driver - is it possible?

2012-06-03 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message alpine.bsf.2.00.1206031022360.55...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl, Wojci ech Puchar writes: is it the same possible with USB? i mean if i can make my laptop to simulate say USB CDROM. No, the hardware is not up to it. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20

Re: reverse USB driver - is it possible?

2012-06-03 Thread Chris Rees
On 3 June 2012 09:25, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: for SCSI/SAS/FC there is targ(4) driver allows you to become SCSI target. is it the same possible with USB? i mean if i can make my laptop to simulate say USB CDROM. Yes there are no driver line targ(4) for USB, but

Re: reverse USB driver - is it possible?

2012-06-03 Thread Adrian Chadd
On 3 June 2012 01:27, Poul-Henning Kamp p...@phk.freebsd.dk wrote: In message alpine.bsf.2.00.1206031022360.55...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl, Wojci ech Puchar writes: is it the same possible with USB? i mean if i can make my laptop to simulate say USB CDROM. No, the hardware is not up to it.

Re: reverse USB driver - is it possible?

2012-06-03 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Have a look at: sys/dev/usb/storage/ustorage_fs.c Currently just implements a RAM disk. Patches are welcome. many answers - contradicting itself. others says hardware is unable to do so, you say it is done. then - how to use it? any docs? :) ___