> No. USB doesn't map well to the network API.
I'd disagree
> We need access control (permissions) adjustable on a per device level,
> networking AFAIK only gives the rather simplistic reserved port
> range.
Not true.
> Also, since read/write are separated for networking as well,
> you run into the same problems as with read/write.
Actually the big problem you run into is that while you can make it look
like a network all you do is add more layers of code and make it bigger and
slower. We could make SCSI a sockets API too but that would be equally daft
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