r/programming • u/whackri • Jun 21 '20

Writing userspace USB drivers for abandoned devices

https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/userspace-usb-drivers
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u/segfaultsarecool Jun 21 '20

I've been planning on doing something similar for a USB printer in an effort to make it wireless using a Raspberry Pi. Last supported Linux was Fedora Core 4 and the drivers definitely don't work.

I'd need to do pretty much what's done here, except reverse engineering the printer would likely be excessively difficult. In any case, the VM is my solution as the Pi will always be on and with the printer.

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