You are correct. It took me a while to find it, but the PCDuino from
Sparkfun is the one with a direct ethernet connection rather than going
through the USB hub, Assuming I read the block diagram correctly.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11712
and specifically page two of the schematic
http://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/datasheets/Dev/PCDuino/pcDuino_V01_Schem.pdf
The problem with the Beagleboard XM is the usb fails then the board
can't be reached through ethernet to diagnose the problem, let alone do
remote management. USB is always kind of touchy since the devices
connected to it are not as shall we say as well disciplined as ethernet
clients. So running your ethernet through the usb host seems like a bad
idea.
I also thought this message was on the suse list when I responded. [I
was clearing email while in line at a store.] I haven't tried fedora on
the Beagleboard XM in a while, but the version I tried (17?) did NOT
have the usb hub patch, Then 18 didn't work at all. In the mean time I
was able to get Opensuse to add the patch to the kernel.
Info on the patch here:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-omap/msg64931.html
On 04/30/13 22:40, Peter Robinson wrote:
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 1:44 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm a bit confused here. This is the new Bone, not the original.
In any event, the Beagleboard XM is the one with the hub. (4 usb) Also note
that board needs a special patch. I'm just watching ther list to see when it is
available for opensuse 12.3.
Personally, I wish I got the Panda ES rather than the Beagleboard XM. I would
have saved myself hours of debugging.
The ethernet on the Beagleboard XM runs off an internal usb port. Not the
greatest design since it has to share I/O with the rest of the hub.
So does the ethernet on the PandaES.
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