[Spice-devel] [libusb] UsbDk 1.0.15 released

[Dmitry Fleytman]

> On 5 Sep 2016, at 19:29 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> At Mon, 05 Sep 2016 18:13:04 +0300 =?utf-8?B?0JvQsNGA0LjQvtC90L7QsiDQlNCw0L3QuNC40Ls=?= <scumcoder at yandex.ru <mailto:scumcoder at yandex.ru>> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> Hmm. 7.5Meg is not a "Short presentation" (not for download over a dialup
>>> connection). Is there something smaller out there? Maybe a plain text README?
>> 
>> The PDF is just text with no pictures or (sophisticated) diagrams. Here is
>> the copypaste (the number represents the PDF page):
> 
> Why is it 7.5Meg?  I have a complete short novel (which *does* includes some 
> pictures) whose PDF is only about 350K.

I’m sure this can be optimised. We just never thought this might be a problem...

> 
>> 
>> 
>> 1) UsbDk at a Glance
>> 
>> 2) Meet UsbDk
>> - UsbDk stands for "USB Development Kit"
>> - Universal engine for exclusive access to USB devices on Windows OSes
>> - Full user mode API for all device operations
>> - Designed to support all types of USB devices
>> - Generic API to allow wide range of use-cases
>> - Designed with HCK certifications in mind
>> - Hiding engine for total detachment of USB devices
>> - from OS software stack
>> 
>> 3) Feature set
>> - Totally dynamic device capture
>>  - No INF files and no self-signing needed
>>  - Any device can be captured
>> - Totally dynamic device detachment
>>  - Any device or class of devices may be hidden
>>  - Prevents Windows from showing "New Hardware" pop-ups for devices without in-box drivers
>>  - Great for security solutions
>> - Co-existence with original device driver
>>  - When the device is not captured original driver is loaded by the system automatically
>>  - If user mode client terminates unexpectedly for any reason system reverts to original device driver immediately
>> - Supports for all types of devices and interfaces
>>  - Bulk, isochronous, composite, HID, etc.
>> - Being USB filter driver doesn't require WHQL-ing
>>  - as per Microsoft requirements
>> 
> 
> This sounds like Linux's udev…

Yes, it is pretty much similar.

> 
>> 4) Advantages over WinUSB
>> - Full feature parity
>> - Full support for isochronous devices
>> - Full support for composite devices
>> - No INF files and no signing needed
>> - Open source and community supported
>> 
> 
> Will it work with Libusb user-mode "driver" libraries?


Yes, upstream libusb may be compiled for Windows with UsbDk backend support instead WinUSB.
See —enable-usbdk switch of libusb configure script.

> 
>> 5) Supported Windows Versions
>> - 7
>> - 8 
>> - 8.1
>> - 2008 R2
>> - 2012
>> - 2012 R2
>> - XP
>> - 2003
>> - Vista
>> - 2008
>> 
>> 6) UsbDk is open source
>> - Hosted by: http://www.spice-space.org
>> - Mailing list: spice-devel (http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel)
>> - Maintained by: Dmitry Fleytman <dfleytma at redhat.com>, Dmitry Fleytman <dmitry at daynix.com>
>> - License: Apache 2.0
>> - Git repository: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/usbdk/
>> 
>> 7) Build environment
>> - Visual Studio 2013 Update 4
>> - Windows Driver Kit (WDK) 8.1 for Windows 7/2008R2 and later platforms
>> - Windows 7 DDK (WDK 7.1) for Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008
>> - WiX toolset 3.8 for MSI packages creation
>> 
>> 8) UsbDk components
>> User mode:
>> - UsbDkController.exe
>> - UsbDkHelper.dll
>> Kernel mode:
>> - UsbDk.sys
>> 
>> 9) UsbDkHelper.dll API
>> Install:
>> - Driver installation
>> - Driver un-installation
>> Acquire:
>> - Enumerate USB devices
>> - Capture USB device
>> - Hide USB device
>> Operate:
>> - Pipe transfer
>> - Control transfer
>> - Configure device
>> - Reset device
>> 
>> 10) UsbDk.sys structure
>> UsbDkHelper.dll
>> |
>> Control interface
>> Generic USB device driver
>> USB hub filter
>> USB device filter
>> |
>> PNP Manager
>> 
>> 11) Technical Info
>> - See ARCHITECTURE document at source tree root http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/usbdk/tree/ARCHITECTURE
>> - Software Development Manual available on www.spice-space.org
>> 
>> 12) Thank you!
>> 
>> 
>> 
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