On 15.06.2012 23:32, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 01:07:50PM +0200, Daniel Mack wrote: >> This new gadget function driver adds a vendor-specific interface with >> two bulk endpoints. A misc device is registered and data sent to the >> OUT endpoint of the interface is available as input stream to userspace >> applications, and writing data to the char device from userspace will >> issue IN packets on the USB interface. >> >> There is currently no user of this module in mainline, but it can be >> easily added to any existing HID device drivers. > > As Felipe pointed out, what's wrong with gadgetfs for stuff like this? > That is what it was written for. > > Creating a new misc device for something so basic as this seems very > odd. If all you need is a stream of data, what's wrong with the serial > gadget code? Shouldn't that do the same thing for you? > > Why was this code created? What is using it? Most probably because I didn't know about the alternative solution, sorry. I'll have a look and come back in case I still have problem. Sorry, and thanks for the pointer! Daniel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
