On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 02:24:43PM +0100, Andrey Konovalov wrote: > USB Raw Gadget is a kernel module that provides a userspace interface for > the USB Gadget subsystem. Essentially it allows to emulate USB devices > from userspace. Enabled with CONFIG_USB_RAW_GADGET. Raw Gadget is > currently a strictly debugging feature and shouldn't be used in > production. > > Raw Gadget is similar to GadgetFS, but provides a more low-level and > direct access to the USB Gadget layer for the userspace. The key > differences are: > > 1. Every USB request is passed to the userspace to get a response, while > GadgetFS responds to some USB requests internally based on the provided > descriptors. However note, that the UDC driver might respond to some > requests on its own and never forward them to the Gadget layer. > > 2. GadgetFS performs some sanity checks on the provided USB descriptors, > while Raw Gadget allows you to provide arbitrary data as responses to > USB requests. > > 3. Raw Gadget provides a way to select a UDC device/driver to bind to, > while GadgetFS currently binds to the first available UDC. > > 4. Raw Gadget uses predictable endpoint names (handles) across different > UDCs (as long as UDCs have enough endpoints of each required transfer > type). > > 5. Raw Gadget has ioctl-based interface instead of a filesystem-based one. > > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Greg, I've assumed your LGTM meant that I can add a Reviewed-by from you. Yes, I was about to give it a "real" one, but that is fine here, thanks. greg k-h
