Re: [linux-usb-devel] USB bridge cables in non-network mode

2003-06-13 Thread Bennett Todd
2003-06-12T17:21:01 Greg Brigley: > Thanks, I wasn't aware that winpcap could send as well as receive. Very, very good point, I'd completely forgotten about that, libpcap is just the sniffer half. Its complement is libnet, and it seems to have Windows support as well. Somehow I forget that this

Re: [linux-usb-devel] USB bridge cables in non-network mode

2003-06-12 Thread Greg Brigley
Thanks, I wasn't aware that winpcap could send as well as receive. I'll keep that option in mind. Greg On Thursday 12 June 2003 13:55, Bennett Todd wrote: > 2003-06-12T13:20:38 Greg Brigley: > > :) Yes. From an implementation perspective, using the network > > > > sounds simpler and more flex

Re: [linux-usb-devel] USB bridge cables in non-network mode

2003-06-12 Thread Bennett Todd
2003-06-12T13:20:38 Greg Brigley: > :) Yes. From an implementation perspective, using the network > sounds simpler and more flexible. But going without it reduces > the amount of configuration our users have to do, and the amount > of support that we have to do. I just occurred to me, any possib

Re: [linux-usb-devel] USB bridge cables in non-network mode

2003-06-12 Thread Greg Brigley
On Tuesday 10 June 2003 21:04, David Brownell wrote: > That is, it's a USB host. Yes > > Unidirectional is probably bad, you'd need some status exchange. I wondered about that, but I figured I'd start by hoping for the best possible case. > There's the DFU class spec, which resembles overkil

Re: [linux-usb-devel] USB bridge cables in non-network mode

2003-06-10 Thread David Brownell
Greg Brigley wrote: I'd like to use a USB bridge cable for updating the firmware in an embedded linux device from a Windows box. The device features a USB A port but no B port. I'd like to distribute a bridge cable and a custom windows app, and instruct the user to merely run the app and plug

[linux-usb-devel] USB bridge cables in non-network mode

2003-06-10 Thread Greg Brigley
I'd like to use a USB bridge cable for updating the firmware in an embedded linux device from a Windows box. The device features a USB A port but no B port. I'd like to distribute a bridge cable and a custom windows app, and instruct the user to merely run the app and plug in the cable. As I