On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 05:24:12PM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote: > On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 04:39:19PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: > > just curious -- where do we get hardware to use with the USB Debug > > Port debugging functionality in LinuxBIOS? Can you buy something in > > stores? > > Get the NET20DC from e.g. semiconductorstore.com. > I paid USD 80+VAT+shipping.
Yeah, it's not exactly cheap, but it could be worse. > > Are there any HOWTOs? > > The USB debug class device specification contains all you need to > know about how the device functions. Note that the class spec > describes a device with USB on both ends. That's not strictly > neccessary as long as the host end of the device can keep up with the > bandwidth - important because the debug port has reduced error > recovery IIRC. Thanks! Can you put some (short) general information and links to the device plus a quick HOWTO for using it in Linux here? http://linuxbios.org/EHCI_Debug_Port Is this the only device of this type? Do you know other such products? I guess this will become more important very soon as serial ports start fading away from many boards... Uwe. -- http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
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