Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: USBIP protocol | From | Marcel Holtmann <> | Date | Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:31:43 +0200 |
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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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