Re: USBIP protocol

From: Pete Zaitcev
Date: Thu Sep 04 2008 - 23:32:16 EST


On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:48:02 -0600, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> wrote:

> > It's referred to as SetPortFeature(PORT_RESET) in section 11.24.2.13;
> > the request is actually sent to the device's upstream hub.
>
> Mmm. In this case, we don't have an upstream hub. The vhci-hcd driver
> is on the host and sends URBs across the network where they're received
> by the stub driver. The stub then sends them to the exported device.

I'm sorry I'm barging into the conversation, but a HC without a
root hub is rather shocking. One would think it easier to emulate
a root hub with one port in HCD than to teach the whole stack about
such thing as a hubless HC.

-- Pete
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