Olin Lathrop wrote:
> IVP wrote:
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>> Ah. I'm probably on shakey ground here, but Olin's can be used
>> with the command line prompt, so would that be a big step to do
>> with Linux ?
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>
> I'm not sure how a Windows emulator running on Linux would deal with the =
USB
> device driver.  That sounds tricky to me.  The low level USB access code =
is
> deliberately in a small set of routines designed to be ported, but that's
> different from it actually having been done.  And then the equivalent dev=
ice
> driver would need to be created for Linux too.
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You don't actually need a device driver on linux. The linux kernel with=20
libusb is quite happy to let apps (running with root privilages) talk to=20
USB devices.

> The USBProg can actually be driven via a serial interface.  The pads are
> there for a connector, but it is not installed by default.  You would als=
o
> need a logic level to RS-232 converter is you wanted the USBProg to talk =
to
> a PC via a serial port.
>
> The host code is all written to a portable layer that has already been to=
 4
> different flavors of Unix, but so far a Linux implementation hasn't been =
a
> priority (=3D paying customer).
>
>
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