On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Jeremy Chang <jeremy.ch...@linaro.org> wrote: > <inline...> > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 3:53 AM, Alexander Sack <a...@linaro.org> wrote: >> 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 > If no such network device, it will have "No such device" ioctl > fail that should not cause problem on boot. > >> b) would it start working if I plug in a USB LAN adapter to my beagleboard >> ;). > No. This is assuming that before booting the device the ethernet > cable is plugged in and the interface is usb0. assuming usb0 is > already there during the booting. or this still needs to be triggered > somehow later when plugging the cable or LAN adapter after the > booting.
Is there something like a network management service/framework in android that could be improved to also consider LAN to achieve always-online? I assume it currently reacts on wifi or 3g signal becoming available/going away. -- - Alexander _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
