On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 12:13:28PM -0500, Ed L Cashin wrote: > 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. I really doubt it. You would need BIOS support for a USB to serial converter. And as every usb to serial converter implemented the protocol in different ways I doubt it would ever happen. Sorry, greg k-h -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
