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| author | hathach <[email protected]> | 2026-06-29 10:16:25 +0700 |
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| committer | hathach <[email protected]> | 2026-06-29 10:16:25 +0700 |
| commit | 4b1c8d16f72bb5d8f2eb8a2e8dde35abdd2f2a88 (patch) | |
| tree | 3db175aa3d96c92a44fab764dba59f473096c4b4 /examples/device/cdc_msc_throughput/README.md | |
| parent | 0a25cc27d7d3699536f6df01e80af3eb0423ce58 (diff) | |
docs: add build-doc tooling and a README for every example
Documentation tooling:
- Add the `build-doc` skill and `tools/build_doc.py` wrapper for local
Sphinx builds (clean / -W / open).
- Enable Markdown (MyST) in conf.py and auto-collect
examples/{device,host,dual}/*/README.md into a 3-level Examples nav
(Examples > Device/Host/Dual > example), noting each page's source
location and normalizing headings to a single H1.
- Remove the stale `.claude/commands/build-doc.md`; point the AGENTS.md
Documentation section at the skill.
Example docs:
- Add a README.md for every device/host/dual example: what it does, USB
interface table, notable tusb_config.h settings, generic CMake + Make
build steps, and how to try it.
- Fold each *_freertos variant into its base README, noting the FreeRTOS
source path and any RTOS-specific behavior.
Generated docs/examples/ output is git-ignored. Builds clean with
`sphinx-build -W`.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/examples/device/cdc_msc_throughput/README.md b/examples/device/cdc_msc_throughput/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3de49b826 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/device/cdc_msc_throughput/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +# CDC + MSC Throughput + +A deliberately minimal CDC + MSC composite device for measuring **pure USB bulk +throughput** — the ceiling set by the USB link and the TinyUSB driver, with no +backing storage or per-byte work in the way. + +## How it measures the ceiling, not storage + +- **MSC** advertises a 1 GiB logical disk (2 Mi × 512-byte blocks) but has no real + backing store. Writes are discarded; reads zero-fill only the low LBAs the host + scans during enumeration (partition table / GPT header) and otherwise return + whatever is already in the transfer buffer — so no `memset`/copy cost skews the result. +- **CDC** drains its RX in `tud_cdc_rx_cb` and sources TX from a static zero filler, + so `dd` can push data in either direction over `/dev/ttyACMx`. + +The 1 GiB capacity lets `dd` run long enough for the rate to stabilise; high-speed peripherals show the most headroom. + +## USB Descriptors + +| Interface | Class driver | +|-----------|--------------| +| 0–1 | CDC (virtual serial) | +| 2 | MSC (mass storage) | + +## Configuration + +Notable `tusb_config.h` settings (tuned for throughput): + +```c +#define CFG_TUD_CDC 1 +#define CFG_TUD_MSC 1 +#define CFG_TUD_MSC_EP_BUFSIZE (TUD_OPT_HIGH_SPEED ? 4096 : 1024) // large MSC bulk buffer +#define CFG_TUD_CDC_RX_EPSIZE (TUD_OPT_HIGH_SPEED ? 2*512 : 2*64) +#define CFG_TUD_CDC_TX_EPSIZE CFG_TUD_CDC_RX_EPSIZE +#define CFG_TUD_CDC_RX_BUFSIZE (TUD_OPT_HIGH_SPEED ? 2*512 : 2*64) +#define CFG_TUD_CDC_TX_BUFSIZE CFG_TUD_CDC_RX_BUFSIZE +``` + +## Building + +CMake: + +```bash +mkdir build && cd build +cmake -DBOARD=raspberry_pi_pico .. +cmake --build . +``` + +Make: + +```bash +make BOARD=raspberry_pi_pico all +``` + +## Measuring throughput (Linux) + +The MSC disk appears as a raw block device (e.g. `/dev/sdX`); the CDC port as `/dev/ttyACMx`. + +```bash +# MSC read (device → host) +sudo dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/null bs=1M count=256 iflag=direct + +# MSC write (host → device, discarded) +sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M count=256 oflag=direct + +# CDC read (device → host) +dd if=/dev/ttyACM0 of=/dev/null bs=64k count=4096 +``` + +> Pick the right `/dev/sdX` carefully — writing to the wrong block device destroys data. |
