read() via USB bus

[Muni Sekhar]

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 1:45 PM Oliver Neukum <oneukum at suse.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 09.08.21 09:58, Muni Sekhar wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > PCIe memory mapped registers can be read via readb(), readw(), readl()
> > kernel API's. Similarly what are the kernel API to read the device
> > registers via USB bus
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> I am afraid this is based on a fundamental misunderstanding on how
> USB works. It is based on passing messages, not reading and writing
> registers.
>
> USB devices are primarily based on endpoints, not registers. A literal
> answer to your question would point you to the clear/set/get_feature
> standard requests of chapter 9 of the specification, but that really
> will not help you, as you are making assumption that fundamentally
> do not apply.
>
> I hope this list stays friendly to newcomers and we will answer
> specific questions, but at this point I must advise you to first
> read an introductory book.
Thank you, I will check it out.
>
>     HTH
>         Oliver
>
>


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Thanks,
Sekhar