This file summarizes information on basic testing of USB functions provided by gadgets. 1. ACM function 2. ECM function 3. ECM subset function 4. EEM function 5. FFS function 6. HID function 7. LOOPBACK function 1. ACM function =============== The function is provided by usb_f_acm.ko module. Function-specific configfs interface ------------------------------------ The function name to use when creating the function directory is "acm". The ACM function provides just one attribute in its function directory: port_num The attribute is read-only. There can be at most 4 ACM/generic serial/OBEX ports in the system. Testing the ACM function ------------------------ On the host: cat > /dev/ttyACM On the device : cat /dev/ttyGS then the other way round On the device: cat > /dev/ttyGS On the host: cat /dev/ttyACM 2. ECM function =============== The function is provided by usb_f_ecm.ko module. Function-specific configfs interface ------------------------------------ The function name to use when creating the function directory is "ecm". The ECM function provides these attributes in its function directory: ifname - network device interface name associated with this function instance qmult - queue length multiplier for high and super speed host_addr - MAC address of host's end of this Ethernet over USB link dev_addr - MAC address of device's end of this Ethernet over USB link and after creating the functions/ecm. they contain default values: qmult is 5, dev_addr and host_addr are randomly selected. Except for ifname they can be written to until the function is linked to a configuration. The ifname is read-only and contains the name of the interface which was assigned by the net core, e. g. usb0. Testing the ECM function ------------------------ Configure IP addresses of the device and the host. Then: On the device: ping On the host: ping 3. ECM subset function ====================== The function is provided by usb_f_ecm_subset.ko module. Function-specific configfs interface ------------------------------------ The function name to use when creating the function directory is "geth". The ECM subset function provides these attributes in its function directory: ifname - network device interface name associated with this function instance qmult - queue length multiplier for high and super speed host_addr - MAC address of host's end of this Ethernet over USB link dev_addr - MAC address of device's end of this Ethernet over USB link and after creating the functions/ecm. they contain default values: qmult is 5, dev_addr and host_addr are randomly selected. Except for ifname they can be written to until the function is linked to a configuration. The ifname is read-only and contains the name of the interface which was assigned by the net core, e. g. usb0. Testing the ECM subset function ------------------------------- Configure IP addresses of the device and the host. Then: On the device: ping On the host: ping 4. EEM function =============== The function is provided by usb_f_eem.ko module. Function-specific configfs interface ------------------------------------ The function name to use when creating the function directory is "eem". The EEM function provides these attributes in its function directory: ifname - network device interface name associated with this function instance qmult - queue length multiplier for high and super speed host_addr - MAC address of host's end of this Ethernet over USB link dev_addr - MAC address of device's end of this Ethernet over USB link and after creating the functions/eem. they contain default values: qmult is 5, dev_addr and host_addr are randomly selected. Except for ifname they can be written to until the function is linked to a configuration. The ifname is read-only and contains the name of the interface which was assigned by the net core, e. g. usb0. Testing the EEM function ------------------------ Configure IP addresses of the device and the host. Then: On the device: ping On the host: ping 5. FFS function =============== The function is provided by usb_f_fs.ko module. Function-specific configfs interface ------------------------------------ The function name to use when creating the function directory is "ffs". The function directory is intentionally empty and not modifiable. After creating the directory there is a new instance (a "device") of FunctionFS available in the system. Once a "device" is available, the user should follow the standard procedure for using FunctionFS (mount it, run the userspace process which implements the function proper). The gadget should be enabled by writing a suitable string to usb_gadget//UDC. Testing the FFS function ------------------------ On the device: start the function's userspace daemon, enable the gadget On the host: use the USB function provided by the device 6. HID function =============== The function is provided by usb_f_hid.ko module. Function-specific configfs interface ------------------------------------ The function name to use when creating the function directory is "hid". The HID function provides these attributes in its function directory: protocol - HID protocol to use report_desc - data to be used in HID reports, except data passed with /dev/hidg report_length - HID report length subclass - HID subclass to use For a keyboard the protocol and the subclass are 1, the report_length is 8, while the report_desc is: $ hd my_report_desc 00000000 05 01 09 06 a1 01 05 07 19 e0 29 e7 15 00 25 01 |..........)...%.| 00000010 75 01 95 08 81 02 95 01 75 08 81 03 95 05 75 01 |u.......u.....u.| 00000020 05 08 19 01 29 05 91 02 95 01 75 03 91 03 95 06 |....).....u.....| 00000030 75 08 15 00 25 65 05 07 19 00 29 65 81 00 c0 |u...%e....)e...| 0000003f Such a sequence of bytes can be stored to the attribute with echo: $ echo -ne \\x05\\x01\\x09\\x06\\xa1..... Testing the HID function ------------------------ Device: - create the gadget - connect the gadget to a host, preferably not the one used to control the gadget - run a program which writes to /dev/hidg, e.g. a userspace program found in Documentation/usb/gadget_hid.txt: $ ./hid_gadget_test /dev/hidg0 keyboard Host: - observe the keystrokes from the gadget 7. LOOPBACK function ==================== The function is provided by usb_f_ss_lb.ko module. Function-specific configfs interface ------------------------------------ The function name to use when creating the function directory is "Loopback". The LOOPBACK function provides these attributes in its function directory: qlen - depth of loopback queue bulk_buflen - buffer length Testing the LOOPBACK function ----------------------------- device: run the gadget host: test-usb http://www.linux-usb.org/usbtest/testusb.c