Re: [9fans] port/devcons.c is not port-able

[Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>]

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actually, although i thought it could have been better
in many ways, i didn't think USB-the-protocol was all that  bad.
the class/subclass/proto from the start was obviously going to
go the way of most global numbering systems, but the real
difficulty was the strange hardware/software interface produced
to drive it.  it was differently strange for everyone.
ambiguities in the standard as regards the nature of endpoints
didn't help.   i wonder if we ever make progress.
now, of course, it would have a SOAPy web services enabled
interface accessed by jakartatomcataxis servers in sillycon.

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From: ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] port/devcons.c is not port-able
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:42:53 -0600 (MDT)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0407141342210.9223-100000@maxroach.lanl.gov>

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Dan Cross wrote:

> ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> writes:
> > The keyboard-less, vga-less, serial-less nodes are all blades at this
> > point.  [[some not sold yet ]]
>
> Oo! Oo!  Do they have USB??  Okay, I'm going back into my corner now.

sadly, yes. Vendors like that usb stuff for some reason.

It makes my brain hurt, watching the gyrations of people trying to
write boot code for USB dongles.

ron