On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 16:55 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > >From the rest of document I assumed Host/target was referring to both > > > sides of the connection. So you would need USB on both sides for this > > > thing to work. I assumed Client/console was just the host. I guess that > > > is all kind of confusing tho .. > > > > The term "Host" is too confusing to be used here; it has too > > many other meanings. "Target" is good. > > I used Host/Target for that reason, consistently so. The combo > gives us the best of both worlds. What meaning of Host did you intend? Is Host/Target just referring to one machine in this scenario or both? > > "Client" is probably okay too, but I don't like "Console" so > > much because both machines will have a console. "Debugging > > console" is more accurate but also more cumbersome. > > I used client/console term for that reason. Same questions for this as above, one machine or both? I think it's clear from the text when you read it all (not to mention this doesn't seem like a sophisticated setup), but if someone had trouble with this they might start reading into the terms and get more confused. > > > The document indicates you need this one capability on your > > > USB port in addition to the USB device (check the complete > > > document for how to find the capability). So both host and > > > target need this one capability, and then you also need the > > > USB device for the whole thing to work. > > > > In fact the original document was rather clear about this; it > > says only that the target machine needs the debug capability. > > The client machine uses its normal USB driver and treats the > > debugging cable as a normal USB serial device. > > yes. > > btw., i think this document is being over-engineered. > Significantly so. I agree (but what are you going to do?) Daniel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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