USB/IP for Windows
- This project aims to support both a USB/IP server and a client on Windows platform.
Build
Notes
- Build is tested on Windows 10 x64 and the projects are configured for this target by default.
- x86/x64 platforms should be supported. However, we don't have an x86 setup for testing at the moment.
- For Windows 7 users, change usbip_stub and usbip_vhci projects' Target OS version to Windows 7.
- Right-click on the project > Properties > Driver Settings > Target OS version > Windows 7
Build Tools
- Visual Studio 2019 Community(v142)
- Build with VS 2017(v141) is also possible if platform toolset in setting is configured to v141
- Windows SDK 10.0.18362.0(recommended)
- VS 2019(v142): requires >= 10.0.18xxx
- VS 2017(v141): requires >= 10.0.17xxx
- Windows Driver Kit Windows 10, version 1903 (10.0.18362)
- WDK 10.0.17134(1803), 10.0.17763(1809), 10.0.18346 are also tested
Build Process
-
Open usbip_win.sln
-
If VS 2017 is used, SDK version for userspace projects(usbip, usbip_common, usbipd, stubctl) should be adjusted.
-
Set certificate driver signing for usbip_stub and usbip_vhci projects.
- Right-click on the project > Properties > Driver Signing > Test Certificate
- Browse to driver/usbip_test.pfx
-
Build solution or desired project.
-
All output files are created under {Debug,Release}/{x64,x86} folder
Install
Windows USB/IP server
-
Prepare a linux machine as a USB/IP client (or windows usbip-win vhci client)
- Tested on Ubuntu 16.04
- Kernel 4.15.0-29 (USB/IP kernel module crash was observed on some other version)
# modprobe vhci-hcd
-
Install USB/IP test certificate
- Install
driver/usbip_test.pfx
(password: usbip) - Certificate should be installed into
- "Trusted Root Certification Authority" in "Local Computer" (not current user) and
- "Trusted Publishers" in "Local Computer" (not current user)
- Install
-
Enable test signing
> bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON
- reboot the system to apply
-
Copy
usbip.exe
,usbipd.exe
,usb.ids
,usbip_stub.sys
,usbip_stub.inx
into a folder in target machine- You can find
usbip.exe
,usbipd.exe
,usbip_stub.sys
in output folder after build or on release page. userspace/usb.ids
driver/stub/usbip_stub.inx
- You can find
-
Find USB device id
- You can get device id from usbip listing
> usbip.exe list -l
- Bus id is always 1. So output from
usbip.exe
listing is shown as:
- You can get device id from usbip listing
usbip.exe list -l
- busid 1-59 (045e:00cb)
Microsoft Corp. : Basic Optical Mouse v2.0 (045e:00cb)
- busid 1-30 (80ee:0021)
VirtualBox : USB Tablet (80ee:0021)
-
Bind USB device to usbip stub
- This command replaces an existing function driver with usbip stub driver
- This should be executed using administrator privilege
usbip_stub.inx
andusbip_stub.sys
files should be in the same folder asusbip.exe
> usbip.exe bind -b 1-59
- This command replaces an existing function driver with usbip stub driver
-
Run
usbipd.exe
> usbipd.exe -d -4
- TCP port
3240
should be allowed by firewall
- TCP port
-
Attach USB/IP device on linux machine
# usbip attach -r <usbip server ip> -b 1-59
Windows USB/IP client
-
Prepare a linux machine as a USB/IP server (or windows usbip-win stub server)
- tested on Ubuntu 16.04 (Kernerl 4.15.0-29)
# modprobe usbip-host
- You can use virtual usbip-vstub as a stub server
-
Run usbipd on a USB/IP server (Linux)
# usbipd -4 -d
-
Install USB/IP test certificate
- Install
driver/usbip_test.pfx
(password: usbip) - Certificate should be installed into
- "Trusted Root Certification Authority" in "Local Computer" (not current user) and
- "Trusted Publishers" in "Local Computer" (not current user)
- Install
-
Enable test signing
> bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON
- reboot the system to apply
-
Copy
usbip.exe
,usbip_vhci.sys
,usbip_vhci.inf
,usbip_root.inf
,usbip_vhci.cat
into a folder in target machine- You can find all files in output folder after build or on release page.
-
Install USB/IP VHCI driver
- You can install using usbip.exe or manually
- Using usbip.exe install command
- Run PowerShell or CMD as an Administrator
PS> usbip.exe install
- Install manually
- Run PowerShell or CMD as an Administrator
PS> pnputil /add-driver usbip_vhci.inf
- Start Device manager
- Choose "Add Legacy Hardware" from the "Action" menu.
- Select "Install the hardware that I manually select from the list".
- Click "Next".
- Click "Have Disk", click "Browse", choose the copied folder, and click "OK".
- Click on the "USB/IP VHCI Root", and then click "Next".
- Click Finish at "Completing the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard".
-
Attach a remote USB device
> usbip.exe attach -r <usbip server ip> -b 2-2
-
Uninstall driver
PS> usbip.exe uninstall
Reporting Bug
- usbip-win is not yet ready for production use. We could find problems with more detailed logs.
How to get windows kernel log
- Set registry key to enable a debug filter
- usbip-win uses DbgPrintEx API for kernel logging.
- save following as .reg and run or manually insert a registry key
- restart is required
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Debug Print Filter]
"IHVDRIVER"=dword:ffffffff
-
Run a debugging log viewer program before you test
- DebugView is a good tool to view the logs
-
If your testing machine suffer from BSOD (blue screen on death), you should get it via remote debugging.
- WinDbg on virtual machines would be good to get logs
How to get usbip forwarder log
- usbip-win transmits usbip packets via a userland forwarder.
- forwarder log is the best to look into usbip packet internals.
- edit
usbip_forward.c
to defineDEBUG_PDU
at the head of the file - compile
usbip.exe
orusbipd.exe
debug_pdu.log
is created at the path where an executable runs.
How to get linux kernel log
- Sometimes linux kernel log is required
# dmesg --follow | tee kernel_log.txt
This project was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education(2016R1A6A3A11930295).