yes-I wanted to use the ibook as the remote machine
running gdb. doubt if the embedded device serial port
o/p can be mapped to the usb port. (actually , I don't
know much about usb ports).
regards
-kamal

--- "Nathan J. Williams" <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
wrote:
> Kamal Prasad <kamalpr@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> >  I wanted to buy an iBook to use as a remote
> > debugger(kgdb). but it lacks a serial port. has
> anyone
> > used an ibook for the same and if so how?
> 
> If you mean you want to run GDB on the iBook and
> connect to another
> system's serial port, you can use a USB serial
> adapter; they work
> fine for this purpose.
> 
> If, instead, you want to have the iBook as the
> target of the
> debugging, that will not work, and you are better
> off getting a Mac
> with a serial port (almost all desktop Macs that
> ship without serial
> ports can have a third-party serial port installed
> that replaces the
> onboard modem). If you really need to use an iBook,
> the best approach
> would probably be to get the IPKGDB code in shape to
> work with the
> onboard GEM ethernet.
> 
>         - Nathan
>  


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