On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 03:40:19PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Mitch Bradley wrote:
> > Arranging for a JTAG dongle to appear at the customer site, then > > getting it set up and the necessary software installed and configured > > on a suitable host system, typically requires several days at best, > > plus potentially a lot of fiddling depending on what sort of host > > system the customer happens to have. > Well, if I may use the SheevaPlug as an example, the actual FT2232 chip > currently used in most of those USB-JTAG dongle was provided directly on > the board. So you have this standard mini-B type USB connector on the > side of the device from which you get both a serial console and a JTAG > interface. All you need is a standard USB cable, just like the one you > get with a MP3 player or a digital camera, so there are plenty of those > around. The other thing here is of course that if JTAG is a problem serial or other console access is likely to also be a problem - it's likely to not be physically present and at least as painful to set up as JTAG. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev