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MCTP-Over-USB Driver Slated For Linux 6.15 (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/linux

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I understand what this is doing, but my imagination is failing me. What are some use cases for this? It would allow TCP-over-USB, right? Anything else?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It would allow TCP-over-USB, right?

What makes you say that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

A guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Based on what?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Based on the device-to-device, peer packet transmission description.

USB already has a data transfer protocol, in which one end is the controller or master, and the other the slave. The diagram and description made it look more like a peer-to-peer foundation for building other things.

So, my guess was direct device-to-device networking over USB, and... other stuff. Hence, my comment was a guess about what it could be used for, and a question about what it could be used for, because (as I said) its purpose was not clear to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

the device-to-device, peer packet transmission description

I don't understand what are you referring to? What description?