// Detach kernel driver if needed if (libusb_kernel_driver_active(dev, 0) == 1) libusb_detach_kernel_driver(dev, 0);

libusb_bulk_transfer(dev, 0x01, &cmd, 1, &transferred, BROM_TIMEOUT); libusb_bulk_transfer(dev, 0x81, response, sizeof(response), &transferred, BROM_TIMEOUT);

// Example: read hardware code uint8_t cmd = BROM_CMD_GET_HWCODE; uint8_t response[32] = 0; int transferred;

#include <libusb-1.0/libusb.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdint.h> #define MTK_VID 0x0E8D #define BROM_PID 0x0003 #define BROM_TIMEOUT 2000

int main() libusb_context *ctx = NULL; libusb_device_handle *dev = NULL;

gcc -o brom_driver brom_driver.c -lusb-1.0 A) Send Download Agent (DA) – Bootloader Loading uint8_t da_data[] = /* raw DA binary */ ; uint8_t cmd = BROM_CMD_SEND_DA; libusb_bulk_transfer(dev, 0x01, &cmd, 1, &transferred, 0); libusb_bulk_transfer(dev, 0x01, da_data, sizeof(da_data), &transferred, 0); B) Python version (using pyusb ) import usb.core import usb.util dev = usb.core.find(idVendor=0x0E8D, idProduct=0x0003) if dev is None: raise ValueError("Device not found")

// BROM command constants #define BROM_CMD_SEND_DA 0xD7 #define BROM_CMD_GET_HWCODE 0xA0

dev = libusb_open_device_with_vid_pid(ctx, MTK_VID, BROM_PID); if (!dev) fprintf(stderr, "Device not in BROM mode\n"); return -1;

libusb_init(&ctx); libusb_set_debug(ctx, 3);

[DeviceList] %MTK_BROM% = DriverInstall, USB\VID_0E8D&PID_0003 %MTK_BROM% = DriverInstall, USB\VID_0E8D&PID_2000 [Strings] MTK_BROM = "MediaTek USB BootROM (Preloader)" No special driver needed – the kernel’s usbhid or cdc_acm may claim it. Use a libusb userspace driver after detaching kernel driver. 3. Userspace Driver (libusb) – Core Protocol Here’s a minimal C + libusb driver skeleton to detect and talk to BROM.