Handling GET_DESCRIPTOR Configuration Requests

When the host issues a GET_DESCRIPTOR Configuration request the device needs to respond with the requested configuration descriptor plus all the interface and endpoint descriptors associated to that configuration descriptor during the DATA stage.

As a reminder, all GET_DESCRIPTOR request types are share the following properties:

• bmRequestType is 0b10000000
• bRequest is 6 (i.e. the GET_DESCRIPTOR Request Code, defined in table 9-4 of the USB specification)

A GET_DESCRIPTOR Configuration request is determined the high byte of its wValue field:

• The high byte of wValue is 2 (i.e. the CONFIGURATION descriptor type, defined in table 9-5 of the USB specification)

In the next sections, let's look into all the concepts required to respond to this request.