Hi,

Would a usb to serial adapter let me use a regular modem
on my iBook?  Would it run ppp then?  That
would be great.

thanks!

cheers

bruce

Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Kamal Prasad wrote:
> >
> > > 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).
> >
> > Yes, it can. Get a USB-serial adapter, that's what they do. :-)
> 
> Just to make sure I understood you, you have an embedded device, and you
> want to run gdb on your iBook to debug it. i.e. the iBook is running
> NetBSD normally.
> 
> If that is the case, then a USB-serial adapter will help you. It should
> show up as a ucom device, and thus should use ttyU0 or ttyU1.
> 
> If instead I misunderstood you, and you want to have gdb on another
> computer debug your iBook's kernel, then the usb serial port won't help.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Bill