Hi Antonio,

the command is not deprecated but the use of "USB addresses" is marked
as deprecated in the SEGGER software. The serial number should be used
instead, if possible. I pushed a patch [1] to fix the confusion.

Best regards,
Marc

[1] http://openocd.zylin.com/#/c/5918/

On Sun, 2020-11-01 at 10:29 +0100, Antonio Borneo wrote:
> Hi Marc,
> 
> in commit 442f1540d506 ("Improve J-Link driver and introduce
> libjaylink.") http://openocd.zylin.com/2598/ merged before v0.10.0-
> rc1
> you added in doc/openocd.texi
> +@deffn {Config} {jlink usb} <@option{0} to @option{3}>
> +Set the USB address of the interface, in case more than one adapter
> is connected
> +to the host. If not specified, USB addresses are not considered.
> Device
> +selection via USB address is deprecated and the serial number should
> be used
> +instead.
> 
> So the command "jlink usb" is deprecated in the documentation, but
> there is no run-time warning if someone uses it.
> What do you suggest to do with it?
> - add a DEPRECATED message in the code, to drop the command in the
> future?
> - drop the command right now?
> - drop the deprecation in the documentation?
> 
> Whatever you think is more appropriate to make openocd consistent, I
> would like to see it applied in v0.11.0.
> If you have no time to prepare and submit a patch I can do it,
> following your advice.
> 
> Thanks,
> Antonio



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