Re: USB "null modem" cables and related Linux driver questions
Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> writes:
> On 06/01/2018 08:21 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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>> On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 08:23:42AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>> The one choice you have is that one of both sides takes a step
>>>> back and plays "gadget" [...]
>>
>>> The gadget API is the programming API offered by the kernel for the OTG
>>> ports: no OTG => no gadget!
>>>
>>>> [OTG]
>>
>>> More importantly, the USB ports which support OTG are driven by
>>> different hardware.
>>
>> Ah, so the hardware has to play along...
>>
>>> Right, you need both your hardware's USB port to support OTG and you
>>> need your kernel to have a driver that supports this hardware.
>>> AFAIK the driver is usually available.
>>
>> Did I say I was handwaving?
>>
>> Thanks for the clarifications!
>>
>
> It also suggests that I frequently grasp some of the implications of
> what I read. Thank you.
> As an illustration of my mindset:
> If they had really intended USB to be *UNIVERSAL* serial bus, then it
> should have been OTG from the get go.
> P.S. I know of thousands of reasons they did not.
> Vast majority preceded by $ ;/
This depends on what you mean by "universal". It was intended to be a
protocol for computers to use to communicate with peripherals;
"universal" in this context was restricted to peripherals.
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