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How To Connect Usb Devices
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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.
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Summary
The documentation is heavily focused on Windows, providing only Windows and PowerShell-based instructions and tooling (usbipd-win, PowerShell modules, Windows Package Manager, Windows Services, etc.) for connecting USB devices to Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW). There are no equivalent Linux command-line examples or instructions for users who may want to perform similar operations from a Linux host or within the EFLOW VM using native Linux tools. Linux patterns and tools are either missing or only referenced as secondary considerations.
Recommendations
- Provide equivalent Linux command-line instructions for installing and using usbip (e.g., using apt, yum, or other package managers) for users who may be running EFLOW on a Linux host or want to interact with usbip from within the EFLOW VM.
- Include bash shell examples for listing, attaching, and detaching USB devices using native Linux usbip tools, in addition to the PowerShell examples.
- Mention Linux-native tools and workflows (such as lsusb, usbip, modprobe, etc.) earlier and in parallel with Windows tools, not only as an afterthought.
- Clarify which steps are specific to Windows hosts and which can be performed from within the EFLOW VM or a Linux environment.
- Add a section or callout for users who may want to use or test USB over IP from a Linux host, or who are troubleshooting from within the Linux VM.
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Flagged Code Snippets
Import-Module "<path-to-module>/EflowUtil-Usbip.psm1"
Get-EflowUSBDevices