Am 04.04.2019 um 17:44 schrieb Andreas Kemnade andreas@kemnade.info:
Hi,
On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 14:26:58 +0200 "H. Nikolaus Schaller" hns@goldelico.com wrote:
Hi, we still use g_ether but there seems to be a replacement:
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2019/02/18/modern-usb-gadget-on...
Any ideas if and when we should try to set it up as default?
well, first what do we want to achieve and make available as wall-trodden trails to the user? I normally do not use g_ether and my gta04 is a combinated network-adapter, serial console, debian install cd and ordinary small usb stick.
g_ether is the default for accessing LetuxOS through USB. It allows to ssh into the device or scp or rsync files to it without opening it or setting up a wireless connection.
One more idea would be to allow it to be mounted as an USB memory device so that the /home directory or some files can easily be accessed. Similar to how the tolino ebook reader is showing itself.
So my idea would be to provide a tested and working standard-install to modernize g_ether by the configfs and add something like g_storage.
What I don't know is if it is possible to have both in parallel... I.e. that a device is mounted as a memory device and we can still ssh into it...
BR, Nikolaus