Re: lan based kgdb

Stelian Pop (stelian.pop@fr.alcove.com)
Fri, 15 Nov 2002 23:24:30 +0100


On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 09:26:00PM +0000, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> I dunno. I might even be willing to apply kgdb patches to my tree if it
> just could use the regular network card I already have connected on all
> my machines. None of my laptops have a serial line, for example, but
> they all have networking.
>
> Soon even _desktops_ probably won't have serial lines any more, only USB.

Using USB instead of the serial line or the network card would be
the best IMHO, because:

* many machines have network cards, but all machines have USB
(and it's gonna stay this way for some time)

* the USB stack seems simpler than the net stack +
(eventualy) pcmcia + network card driver.

Maybe the 'simpler' USB protocols (usbkbd and usbmouse) could be
used for this, I don't know...

Stelian, which has a Vaio Picturebook without a serial port.

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Stelian Pop <stelian.pop@fr.alcove.com>
Alcove - http://www.alcove.com
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