Re: What driver for generic bulk to tty?

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On Wed, 20 Mar 2013, Sergei Organov wrote:

> 
> >> What is recomended driver to use for a USB device that provides just
> >> 2 bulk end-points, in and out, to create a TTY to talk to it? Exact
> >> data formats that are used are application-specific, so only generic IO
> >> TTY-alike device (with no control) is required from the kernel.
> >> Searching through the lists and Internet uncovered multiple posts of
> >> why "usbserial" is a wrong driver for this purpose, but nowhere did I
> >> find what the right alternative is.
> 
> > what shows lsusb (e.g. what is TTY PID)? What is chip inside? Usually
> > the chips are either FTDI or something similar, and then ftdi driver
> > should work (coupled with right parameters for "unsuported" IDs - you
> > can then propose patch once you will see the device working).
> 
> Thanks, but this is _not_ FTDI or any other widely-known device. It's not
> usb-to-serial converter or modem of any kind at all. Just a device to
> which one can talk over 2 USB bulk end-points, and I want to get a TTY
> to talk to it. Maybe some user-space alternative?

For something like this, usb-serial may indeed be the best solution,
even though it has relatively low throughput.  I don't think any of the
more specific drivers are suited to this protocol.

Alan Stern

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