>> Marek Floriańczyk wrote: >>> I know that it does, but this usb bridge cable has some chip, from >>> what I understand it presents host as an usb device. > > On Mon, Oct 29 2012, Peter Stuge wrote: >> This sentence makes no sense, because that is impossible, because >> hosts and a devices are so very different. On Mon, Oct 29 2012, Michal Nazarewicz wrote: > Here's how I see the USB bridge cable: > > ---+ +--------------------------+ +--- > PC |##====| HCI + some silicon + HCI |====##| PC > ---+ +--------------------------+ +--- > | | > \---------- USB bridge cable ----------/ s/HCI/UDC/g HCI is of course on PC side, so the full picture would be: ---------+ +--------------------------+ +--------- PC + HCI |##====|=UDC + some silicon + UDC=|====##| HCI + PC ---------+ +--------------------------+ +--------- | || || | \USB host/\---------- USB bridge cable ----------/\USB host/ > So the cable does not directly connect host to host, but instead has > a chip inside which reports as a USB device to both hosts. -- Best regards, _ _ .o. | Liege of Serenely Enlightened Majesty of o' \,=./ `o ..o | Computer Science, Michał “mina86” Nazarewicz (o o) ooo +----<email/xmpp: mpn@xxxxxxxxxx>--------------ooO--(_)--Ooo--
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