On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Jim Huang <js...@0xlab.org> wrote: > 2011/2/19 Alexander Sack <a...@linaro.org>: >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Jim Huang <js...@0xlab.org> wrote: > [...] >>> To be precise, this patch works with Beagleboard-xM only. >>> Beagleboard xM has one Ethernet port connected over USB, and the >>> driver model makes it usable >>> as a normal network device on device node, usb0. (Ethernet support for USB ) >>> >>> That is the reason why "usb0" is here. >> >> is this fatal for beagle C4? maybe we can make this gracefully fail >> and if you plug in a USBNET device it starts working? > > hi Alexander, > > For Beagleboard C4, file init.omap3.sh _could_ be the same once you > already set up USB > networking in host side. However, it is hard to assume every desktop > host provides DHCP > server. > > Instead, people might expect to configure usbnet IP address manually. > I think there is no > technical problem of Jeremy's patch, and I just care about the usability.
I think I used the wrong wording. What I really meant was whether a) this patch causes problems on boot if there is no network device attached to beagleboard b) would it start working if I plug in a USB LAN adapter to my beagleboard ;). -- - Alexander _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
