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<p>My main computer is on its own deticated desk. This is great as it creates
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an issolated space for when its just 'work' time, however it can be frustrating
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when I'm trying to experiment with embedded boards and trying to program them
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from my computer. Of course I could just invest in a really long USB cable, but
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then there wouldn't be any fun in that, therefore I setup a tool I found,
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usbip.</p>
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<p>Usbip is a tool for linux, mac and (jankily) windows. The primary use is to
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allow for the USB protocol to be used over a network, and allow of machines to
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share a single USB device. This could be great for a Raspberry Pi with a camera
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and an at home recording studio, or for having a workshop seperate from your
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good computer. Because of just how useful I've found this over the past few
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months, I'm going to show you exactly how to do this for yourself.</p>
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<h4>Set up using two linux machines</h4>
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<p>So first things first, you need to install usbip on both machines. Do this
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with whatever package manager your distro(s) use.</p>
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<p>After this you need to load the kernel module for usbip on the host machine
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(this is the machine which the physical USB device will be connected to). To do
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this, run 'sudo modprobe usbip_host'. This will load the kernel module. To make
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it so that you only have to do this once, we can set up the module to be loaded
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on boot. To do this, edit the shown file.</p>
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<blockquote class="code-block">#file /etc/modules
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usbip_host
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<p>One you've added that to the file, we can start setting up the usb device to
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be shared. To do this, run 'lsusb' and find the device you want to share. We
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are looking specifically for the value after 'ID'. Now, run 'usbip list -p -l',
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and you will see a list of devices that can be shared. Find the device that
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matches the ID from lsusb. Now we need the busid for that device. Its probably
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of format '1-X.X.X' or something like that. The number of 'X's can be
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different, and I believe it has to do if the device is on a hub.</p>
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<p>So now that we have the busid, we can bind that device to usbip, so that
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remote clients can use it. To do this, run 'sudo usbip bind
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--busid=<BUSID>', where <BUSID> is replace with the busid you found
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earlier. Now all we have to do is run 'sudo usbipd', and the machine is now
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listening for clients! Now lets set up the client.</p>
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<p>So on the client we also want to have usbip installed as well of course. No
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we must load a kernel module here too, 'vhci-hcd'. This can be loaded the same
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way as above, by running the command 'sudo modprobe vhci-hcd'. Feel free to add
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that name to the same file as we added 'usbip_host' above.</p>
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<p>Now we can add our client to the server with a single command and get access
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to our USB device. We do this by running 'sudo usbip attach -r
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<SERVER_IP> -b <BUSID>'. Be sure to replace all of the apropriate
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fields with their appropriate values. After this it should all be working, and
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you should have full access to the remote USB device!</p>
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<h4>Note for kernel options</h4>
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<p>On some systems, especially those were you configured your own kernel, it
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may be necessary to add support into your kernel for USB over IP if you didn't
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add it before. To do this, enable the shown options.</p>
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<blockquote class="code-block">#Enable these options in your kernel
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CONFIG_USBIP_CORE
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CONFIG_USBIP_VHCI_HCD
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CONFIG_USBIP_HOST
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#Set these to your use case
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CONFIG_USBIP_VHCI_HC_PORTS #default is 8 ports
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CONFIG_USBIP_VHCI_NR_HCS #default is 1 port
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<p>All of these are in Device drivers -> UBS Support. Be sure to recompile
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your kernel and you should be able to use usbip.</p>
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<p>Thats all I have on usbip, hope this helped you set it up!</p>
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