Rndis & osx Yosemite is a problem for any linux board. With windows we have signed driver. For Mac... Well... If you have a Mac, we have the work done by the horndis developer...
http://joshuawise.com/horndis Regards, On May 1, 2015 8:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lee, > > You're not trying to tell me that BBB is for elite "makers with self > respect" only, while RPi is for everyone, are you? > At university we have students using their own computers - running OSX, > Windows and (very few) Linux. > They all want to learn and they expect to receive help if needed. > The labs do not have enough Ethernet points for them, so you see my > interest in RNDIS. > > I own MBP, not only because I think it is a quality product, but as well I > need to test project on different platforms (for example nodejs webserver) > I understand your frustration with Apple and possibly some people from TI > should take the matter in their hands to solve it. > The interoperability is very important and we need to accept variety of > operating systems. > > There is a huge interest in embedded Linux platforms. > The big advantage of BBB over RPi is that it is able to run out of the box > with a single cable. > Losing that for many people will lead into frustration and disappointment > and as you can see moving somewhere else. > > Regards > Jan > > On Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 2:17:16 AM UTC+10, Lee Crocker wrote: > >> I think the original poster has a good point here: why do we bother >> wasting resources trying to support OSX? No "maker" with an ounce of >> self-respect would buy an Apple product. It's an inaccessible black box >> totally controlled by the corporation, constantly changing, constantly >> breaking compatibility with older models, all on yesterday's hardware at a >> premium price. Apple clearly has no interest in working with us, so why >> should we work with them? >> >> If you're the kind of person who wants to use a BeagleBone, get a real >> computer (by which I mean Linux). "Driver"? What's that? Why do I need one? >> It just works. Serial cable? Just works. Network? Just works. And even if >> for some odd reason it didn't, I'd just dig into the source code and figure >> out why and fix it myself. >> >> Yes, OSX + BBB is a disaster. But let's put the blame where it belongs. >> >> -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
