Re: RFC: USB over Ethernet

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On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:08:54AM -0400, Jason wrote:
> Greg et al,
> 
> I had what I thought was a great idea, and started stubbing out code
> for what would be a USB-over-Ethernet driver.  This would be very
> similar to the existing, in-kernel, ATA over Ethernet driver.  The end
> goal would be to access webcams, thumbdrives, printers, etc from my
> Android-based phone (no real usb host).
> 
> As I was digging around for a proper (minimal) Kconfig to copy into my
> directory, I happened upon staging/usbip...  oops.  They've put a lot
> more work into this than I have.  However, it's IP.  The thing I like
> about AoE is that it isn't routable, it's simple and there's less
> overhead since it's running at a lower layer.
> 
> So, before I burn too many cycles, should I just add my uoe*.c files
> to staging/usbip/ or should I create my own staging/uoe/ and borrow
> the vhci stuff?

Why not merge it with the existing code, that way the userspace tools
will also work for you, unless you really want to also write new ones of
those?

thanks,

greg k-h
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