Lineo has released Linux USB Device software, which was developed to support the Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA, under the GNU GPL open source license. The software, which provides a “stack” which implements USB Devices under Linux, can be freely downloaded from Lineo's open source website.

“But doesn't the Linux kernel (2.4 and later) already contain built-in USB support?”, you ask.

Stuart Lynne, a Senior Engineer at Lineo Inc., wrote this brief whitepaper to explain the significance and software architecture of the new USB Device support, which he helped create.

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