Using the Neo as an USB Mass storage device
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| − | + | ==Make the Neo FreeRunner act as a mass storage device== | |
| − | + | To access the microSD card in the Freerunner from the host computer as if it were a USB key or memory stick, the following script can be used: | |
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Reference: [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-September/029261.html Petr Vanek's "usb mass media storage" message on the community mailing list] | Reference: [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-September/029261.html Petr Vanek's "usb mass media storage" message on the community mailing list] | ||
| − | + | The card is not accessible from the Freerunner in this mode. | |
| − | + | ==Make the Neo FreeRunner revert to USB networking== | |
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| + | The following script can be used: | ||
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modprobe g_ether | modprobe g_ether | ||
ifup usb0 | ifup usb0 | ||
| + | Be sure to properly unmount on the host computer first, just as you would with any other USB storage. | ||
| − | + | ==Is it possible to pretend to be a USB hub, providing both g_ether and g_file_storage?== | |
| − | + | Not yet. At the moment it's one gadget driver at a time, but there is a project under way to allow use of multiple gadget drivers together. See [http://blog.felipebalbi.com/?p=44 this blog posting called 'USB Composite Gadget Framework'] or [http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget/ Linux-USB Gadget API Framework] | |
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Revision as of 07:35, 26 September 2008
Make the Neo FreeRunner act as a mass storage device
To access the microSD card in the Freerunner from the host computer as if it were a USB key or memory stick, the following script can be used:
#!/bin/sh ifdown usb0 umount /media/card rmmod g_ether modprobe g_file_storage file=/dev/mmcblk0p1
Reference: Petr Vanek's "usb mass media storage" message on the community mailing list
The card is not accessible from the Freerunner in this mode.
Make the Neo FreeRunner revert to USB networking
The following script can be used:
#!/bin/sh rmmod g_file_storage mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/card modprobe g_ether ifup usb0
Be sure to properly unmount on the host computer first, just as you would with any other USB storage.
Is it possible to pretend to be a USB hub, providing both g_ether and g_file_storage?
Not yet. At the moment it's one gadget driver at a time, but there is a project under way to allow use of multiple gadget drivers together. See this blog posting called 'USB Composite Gadget Framework' or Linux-USB Gadget API Framework
