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diff --git a/tools/usb/usbip/README b/tools/usb/usbip/README index 831f49fea3ce..5eb2b6c7722b 100644 --- a/tools/usb/usbip/README +++ b/tools/usb/usbip/README @@ -4,10 +4,33 @@ # Copyright (C) 2011 matt mooney <mfm@muteddisk.com> # 2005-2008 Takahiro Hirofuchi +[Overview] +USB/IP protocol allows to pass USB device from server to client over the +network. Server is a machine which provides (shares) a USB device. Client is +a machine which uses USB device provided by server over the network. +The USB device may be either physical device connected to a server or +software entity created on a server using USB gadget subsystem. +Whole project consists of four parts: + + - usbip-vhci + A client side kernel module which provides a virtual USB Host Controller + and allows to import a USB device from a remote machine. + + - usbip-host (stub driver) + A server side module which provides a USB device driver which can be + bound to a physical USB device to make it exportable. + + - usbip-vudc + A server side module which provides a virtual USB Device Controller and allows + to export a USB device created using USB Gadget Subsystem. + + - usbip-utils + A set of userspace tools used to handle connection and management. + Used on both sides. [Requirements] - USB/IP device drivers - Found in the staging directory of the Linux kernel. + Found in the drivers/usb/usbip/ directory of the Linux kernel tree. - libudev >= 2.0 libudev library @@ -36,6 +59,10 @@ [Usage] +On a server side there are two entities which can be shared. +First of them is physical usb device connected to the machine. +To make it available below steps should be executed: + server:# (Physically attach your USB device.) server:# insmod usbip-core.ko @@ -52,6 +79,30 @@ - The USB device 1-2 is now exportable to other hosts! - Use `usbip unbind --busid 1-2' to stop exporting the device. +Second of shareable entities is USB Gadget created using USB Gadget Subsystem +on a server machine. To make it available below steps should be executed: + + server:# (Create your USB gadget) + - Currently the most preferable way of creating a new USB gadget + is ConfigFS Composite Gadget. Please refer to its documentation + for details. + - See vudc_server_example.sh for a short example of USB gadget creation + + server:# insmod usbip-core.ko + server:# insmod usbip-vudc.ko + - To create more than one instance of vudc use num module param + + server:# (Bind gadget to one of available vudc) + - Assign your new gadget to USB/IP UDC + - Using ConfigFS interface you may do this simply by: + server:# cd /sys/kernel/config/usb_gadget/<gadget_name> + server:# echo "usbip-vudc.0" > UDC + + server:# usbipd -D --device + - Start usbip daemon. + +To attach new device to client machine below commands should be used: + client:# insmod usbip-core.ko client:# insmod vhci-hcd.ko @@ -60,6 +111,8 @@ client:# usbip attach --remote <host> --busid 1-2 - Connect the remote USB device. + - When using vudc on a server side busid is really vudc instance name. + For example: usbip-vudc.0 client:# usbip port - Show virtual port status. @@ -192,6 +245,8 @@ Detach the imported device: - http://usbip.wiki.sourceforge.net/how-to-debug-usbip - usbip-host.ko must be bound to the target device. - See /proc/bus/usb/devices and find "Driver=..." lines of the device. + - Target USB gadget must be bound to vudc + (using USB gadget susbsys, not usbip bind command) - Shutdown firewall. - usbip now uses TCP port 3240. - Disable SELinux. |