Re: USBIP protocol

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Matthew,

> > I'm in the middle of implementing a userspace client for usbip and I
> > strongly feel that the protocol needs to be changed before it is merged.
> >
> >  - I'm unconvinced that TCP is the correct protocol to be running this over.
> >    I understand the reluctance to use UDP, but the protocol is fundamentally
> >    packet-based.  If TCP is used, the delimitation of packets within the
> >    stream needs to be much more robust. 
> 
> If you want reliable transport with record boundaries an alternative
> would be also SCTP. Main drawback is that firewalls often don't support it
> though (but presumably that wouldn't be a big issue for this)

I would also have proposed SCTP. The telco carries seems be very happy
with it.

Regards

Marcel


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