This document demonstrates how to implement an USB 2.0 / USB 3.0 mass storage gadget on SP7350 platforms.

Table of Contents

Kernel Setup

Enter the kernel configuration by running the following command in the top directory of project.

# make kconfig

Select submenus for USB 2.0 controller : Device Drivers > USB support > USB Gadget Support > USB Peripheral Controller. Select <*> for “Sunplus USB 2.0 Device Controller“.

Select submenus for USB OTG Transceive driver : Device Drivers > USB support > USB Physical Layer drivers. Select <*> for “Sunplus USB OTG Transceive driver“.

Select submenus for USB 3.0 controller : Device Drivers > USB support. Select <*> for “DesignWare USB3 DRD Core Support“ and select “Dual Role mode“ for “Deware USB3 DRD Core Support“.

Select submenus for USB Gadget configfs : Device Drivers > USB support > USB Gadget Support. Select <M> for “USB Gadget functions configurable through configfs“ and [*] for “Mass storage“.

Execute the make command to build the Linux image.

Create a backing storage file

The backing storage file must be prepared before the gadget uses it.

Use the following command to create 32MB files (backing_file_u2 and backing_file_u3) filled with zeros.

# dd bs=1M count=32 if=/dev/zero of=/backing_file_u2
32+0 records in
32+0 records out
33554432 bytes (34 MB, 32 MiB) copied, 0.0850515 s, 395 MB/s
# dd bs=1M count=32 if=/dev/zero of=/backing_file_u3
32+0 records in
32+0 records out
33554432 bytes (34 MB, 32 MiB) copied, 0.0836486 s, 401 MB/s

Use the following command to create the FAT file system in backing_file_u2 and backing_file_u3.

# mkfs.fat /backing_file_u2
mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24)
# mkfs.fat /backing_file_u3
mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24)

ConfigFS

Configure mass storage gadget through configfs saved as a file named usb_mass_storage.

#!/bin/bash

USB2_UMS_EN=on
USB3_UMS_EN=on

MODULES=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel
LIBCOMPOSITE=/$MODULES/drivers/usb/gadget/libcomposite.ko
FUNCTION=/$MODULES/drivers/usb/gadget/function/usb_f_mass_storage.ko

#install the drivers
insmod $LIBCOMPOSITE
insmod $FUNCTION

#mount configfs
mkdir -p /sys/kernel/config
mount -t configfs none /sys/kernel/config

if [ $USB2_UMS_EN = on ]
then
    UDC_NAME="f8102800.usb"
    BACKING_FILE=/backing_file_u2
    
    #create gadget
    cd /sys/kernel/config/usb_gadget
    mkdir g1
    cd g1

    echo "64" > bMaxPacketSize0
    echo "0x200" > bcdUSB
    
    #create configuration
    mkdir -p configs/c.1
    mkdir -p configs/c.1/strings/0x409
    echo 120 > configs/c.1/MaxPower
    
    mkdir strings/0x0409
    echo "1234" > strings/0x0409/serialnumber
    echo "Sunplus" > strings/0x0409/manufacturer
    echo "SP7350 USB2.0 Mass Storage Gadget" > strings/0x0409/product

    #create functions
    mkdir functions/mass_storage.usb0
    echo "$BACKING_FILE" > functions/mass_storage.usb0/lun.0/file
    
    #link functions and configuration
    ln -s functions/mass_storage.usb0 configs/c.1
    
    #activate
    echo $UDC_NAME > UDC
fi

if [ $USB3_UMS_EN = on ]
then
    UDC_NAME="f80a1000.dwc3"
    BACKING_FILE=/backing_file_u3
    
    #create gadget
    cd /sys/kernel/config/usb_gadget

    if [ $USB2_UMS_EN = on ]
    then
        mkdir g2
        cd g2
    else
        mkdir g1
        cd g1
    fi

    echo "64" > bMaxPacketSize0
    echo "0x300" > bcdUSB
    
    #create configuration
    mkdir configs/c.1
    mkdir configs/c.1/strings/0x409
    echo 120 > configs/c.1/MaxPower
    
    mkdir strings/0x0409
    echo "5678" > strings/0x0409/serialnumber
    echo "Sunplus" > strings/0x0409/manufacturer
    echo "SP7350 USB3.0 Mass Storage Gadget" > strings/0x0409/product

    #create functions
    mkdir functions/mass_storage.usb0
    echo "$BACKING_FILE" > functions/mass_storage.usb0/lun.0/file
    
    #link functions and configuration
    ln -s functions/mass_storage.usb0 configs/c.1
    
    #activate
    echo $UDC_NAME > UDC
fi

Implementation

After updating the image to the SP7350 platform, booting the system and copying backing_file_u2 and backing_file_u3 to it, use sh usb_mass_storage command to configure USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 as mass storage devices.

After connecting the mass storage gadget to a Windows PC through an USB cable, “E:\” and “F:\”will show up in “Portable Devices” of “Device Manager” and 2 “USB Mass Storage Device“ in “Universal Serial Bus controllers“.

How to Implement an USB 2.0 / USB 3.0 Mass Storage Gadget on SP7350 Platforms

Kernel Setup

Create a backing storage file

ConfigFS

Implementation