WSL Using USB Device

Brief

About how to enable USB device under wsl.

Update WSL

Run Powershell with administrator privilege, and input the following instructions:

List installed WSL distro:

wsl -l -v

The result may look like:

    NAME                   STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu-20.04           Running         2
  docker-desktop-data    Stopped         2
  Ubuntu                 Stopped         2

The asterisk indicates the default WSL distro. If it is docker-desktop-data, it may not run, so change it to Ubuntu-20.04 or Ubuntu:

wsl --set-default Ubuntu-20.04

Then shutdown WSL, update WSL and then restart it.

wsl --shutdown
wsl --update

Install Linux-Tools

Install linux tools:

sudo apt install linux-tools-5.8.0-63-generic hwdata

Add it to sudoers:

sudo vim /etc/sudoers

Modify the line of Defaults secure_path=… to include linux-tools:

Defaults        secure_path="/usr/lib/linux-tools/5.8.0-63-generic:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin"

Force to save the /etc/soduers file.

Install usbipd

The usbipd can be download from here.

Now run Powershell as administrator.

Run the following command to list all USB devices:

usbipd wsl list

The result looks like:

BUSID  DEVICE                                                        STATE
1-10   H100i v2                                                      Not attached
1-13   Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R)                                Not attached
10-2   USB Input Device                                              Not attached
10-4   Logitech USB Input Device, USB Input Device                   Not attached
10-5   USB Input Device                                              Not attached
16-1   USB Mass Storage Device                                       Not attached
16-3   USB Audio Device, USB Input Device, USB Mass Storage Devi...  Not attached
17-3   STMicroelectronics STLink Virtual COM Port, STMicroelectr...  Not attached
18-1   J-Link driver                                                 Not attached
18-2   J-Link driver                                                 Not attached
18-3   USB-SERIAL CH340                                              Not attached
19-1   Generic Bluetooth Radio                                       Not attached
19-4   150Mbps Wireless 802.11bgn Nano USB Adapter                   Not attached

To attach the second J-Link device to WSL:

usbipd wsl attach -b 18-2

To check if the USB device has been attached to WSL, in WSL, run:

lsusb

The result shows:

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1366:0101 SEGGER J-Link PLUS
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Reference

The original reference.

Good luck.