Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:01:55 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Slave mode - FreeBSD emulate a CDROM device? Message-ID: <20080113.090155.199374899.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20080113161713.4632c32e.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <683E901E-8564-49FF-B177-754EF48232A4@gmail.com> <20080112115132.GI79270@cicely12.cicely.de> <20080113161713.4632c32e.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> writes:
: On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:51:32 +0100
: Bernd Walter <ticso@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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