USB Slave mode - FreeBSD emulate a CDROM device?

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Sun Jan 13 08:02:22 PST 2008


In message: <20080113161713.4632c32e.torfinn.ingolfsen at broadpark.no>
            Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen at broadpark.no> writes:
: On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:51:32 +0100
: Bernd Walter <ticso at cicely12.cicely.de> wrote:
: 
: > A PC has not the required hardware to do so.
: > There are USB devices and USB hosts.
: 
: Out of interest, what you are saying here is that there is no way via
: software to make a usb port on a PC to act as a usb device?

Because the usb hardware doesn't support it.  USB is a unidirectional
tree.  PC Hardware is the top end of the tree.  It can't be downstream
in the tree.

Warner


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