Re: How to make USB to work dynamically

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Hi Arjun,

> I am trying to make USB work dynamically on an OMAP board which has a 
> USB OTG controller. The board has a mini-AB receptacle.

Is this the Beagle board you're referring to ?
If so, are you happy with it ? I've been considering getting Beagle,
because (AFAIK)
TI's OMAP is so far the only that supports the Ubuntu port to ARM ?

Best Regards,
Kris


On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:46:46 +0530, Arjun Joshi
<arjun.joshi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I am trying to make USB work dynamically on an OMAP board which has a 
> USB OTG controller. The board has a mini-AB receptacle.
> 
> My target is that whenever I insert a mini-B cable the gadget related 
> kernel modules must be loaded automatically so that my board works as 
> mass storage device. When i insert a mini-A cable the host mode related 
> kernel modules must be loaded so that my board works as host.
> 
> I have compiled usbcore, HostController drivers(for both host and gadget 
> mode --- host.ko and gadget.ko) and mass storage support(for HC in host 
> mode) and file backed storage gadget(for HC in device mode)
> as modules.
> 
> What i am currently doing is that I am plugging a mini-A cable, 
> inserting usbcore,host.ko and usb-storage.ko and I am able to detect a 
> mobile phone as a mass storage device.
> 
> Then I rmmod all the modules, unplug the mini-A cable, insert the mini-B 
> cable, modprobe the  usbcore, gadget.ko and g_file_storage.ko which 
> enables my device to be detected as a mass storage device on my PC.
> 
> Now the tricky part is that I want to do all the loading/unloading of 
> respective modules dynamically (without any human intervention - maybe 
> through a script) as soon as I insert the cable(either one) or remove 
> the cable.
> 
> My Queries:
> 
> 1. How do I detect which cable is inserted? Is there a way to find out?
> 2. Is it possible to do this? If yes, any guidance will greatly help.
> 
> Thanks,
> Arjun
> 


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