Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 09:21:58AM +0800, love wrote: >> >You mean like the config option CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CONSOLE gives you >> >today? Why try to reimplement something that is already finished? >> >> Not CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CONSOLE,because I want use usb bus to connect host and >> target, not usb serial converter. On side of target(embedded device running >> linux), we regard target as usb device which is serial. On side of host, we >> need use minicom to open that usb device. > > You do understand how USB works, and that you can't just "open" the raw > USB device, right? It sounds like you are all set as if minicom works, > you can run a console through it. I wonder if LILO will ever be usable through USB. You can get and use a lilo prompt on another computer using a serial cable. This is really handy for, e.g., rebooting a remote machine with special kernel command line options. -- --Ed L Cashin | PGP public key: ecashin@uga.edu | http://noserose.net/e/pgp/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
