Re: [beagleboard] BBB USB (OTG) peer to peer (connect 2 BBB's using USB)

2017-01-20 Thread William Hermans
On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Robert Nelson wrote: > > The whole musb/otg setup is just weird.. > > I revisited this again last week on the xM, when setting up a > production tester.. > > To use the port as a host, and plug in a (usb flash drive for > example), you

Re: [beagleboard] BBB USB (OTG) peer to peer (connect 2 BBB's using USB)

2017-01-20 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 5:15 PM, William Hermans wrote: > Something that does come to mind is that there is a service that runs a set > of "generic" scripts at boot. One of these scripts does attempt to run > g_ether , or perhaps g_multi on the USB OTG interface. This kernel

Re: [beagleboard] BBB USB (OTG) peer to peer (connect 2 BBB's using USB)

2017-01-20 Thread William Hermans
Something that does come to mind is that there is a service that runs a set of "generic" scripts at boot. One of these scripts does attempt to run g_ether , or perhaps g_multi on the USB OTG interface. This kernel module I believe is not the same as the as the host kernel module that would have to

Re: [beagleboard] BBB USB (OTG) peer to peer (connect 2 BBB's using USB)

2017-01-20 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Bert Beckmann wrote: > Is this possible? I see that RP zero and RP 3 can do this. I have tried with > no luck so far (mini/otg port on one to full USB on the other) and have > searched the internet for an example. I see that the mini ports come

Re: [beagleboard] BBB USB (OTG) peer to peer (connect 2 BBB's using USB)

2017-01-20 Thread William Hermans
This should just work. However, you should be aware this technically is not peer to peer OTG. This is one OTG to host USB. Anyway, this should be no different than connecting a beaglebone to an x86 PC. With the obvious architecture difference as an exception. When you have both connected together

[beagleboard] BBB USB (OTG) peer to peer (connect 2 BBB's using USB)

2017-01-20 Thread Bert Beckmann
Is this possible? I see that RP zero and RP 3 can do this. I have tried with no luck so far (mini/otg port on one to full USB on the other) and have searched the internet for an example. I see that the mini ports come up as usb/ethernet/device ports - can they be connect together? Or how to we