Re: USB Gadget Vendor ID

[Adriana Kobylak <anoo@linux.ibm.com>]

On 2019-04-12 10:24, Eddie James wrote:
> On 4/12/19 10:17 AM, Adriana Kobylak wrote:
>> Hi Eddie,
>> 
>> I have a script to initialize the USB gadget for Virtual Media and 
>> there was a comment that the Vendor ID should be provided by the Linux 
>> Foundation - 
>> https://gerrit.openbmc-project.xyz/c/openbmc/meta-phosphor/+/17494 .
>> 
>> In your ikvm script you use a Vendor ID with the comment "Linux 
>> Foundation" - 
>> https://github.com/openbmc/obmc-ikvm/blob/fb6a8e1e727a8ece5eb0350d3962dd3056a6f608/create_usbhid.sh#L18
>> 
>> Is this an ID that came from the LF, and if so could I use it in my 
>> script?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Since OpenBMC is a LF project, I just used their vendor ID... and I
> just invented a serial number. This might not be the proper way to do
> it... Since the devices are virtual, I'm not sure anyone will care
> though?
> 
> 
Thanks that helps. Forgot to ask about the the product id (echo 0x0104 > 
idProduct # Multifunction Composite Gadget), is it also a LF number or 
documented somewhere?

>> 
>> As a side question, were there any discussions about the serial number 
>> value in the ikvm script? I have a similar hard-coded value for the 
>> virtual media one but there were questions in the review about how 
>> useful could it be having a non-generated value and to have it removed 
>> instead.
> 
> 
> I think there were similar comments about the serial number but in the
> end it was decided to worry about it later I think.
> 
> Thanks, Eddie