On Wednesday 02 May 2012 21:15:27 Tim Roberts wrote:
> Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> > Why Microsoft can't use the BSD or Linux USB stack then, which supports
> > all of this. Sounds like very bad internal USB design to me!
> 
> Oh, please.  The Microsoft internal USB design is fine, and kernel
> drivers can do ALL of the things in that post.  The restrictions
> mentioned in that list apply to WinUSB, which is the user-mode wrapper.

Hi,

In the answers from the Microsoft guy, there were some arguments about 
security. Many kind of device drivers could have been made more secure by 
moving out of the kernel, for example webcam drivers, which is a class of 
devices which are especially using a lot of isochronous endpoints. The use 
case is there for sure, but probably nobody saw it.

--HPS

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