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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
Date: Tue,  7 Jul 2009 13:15:46 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port
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> > What about emulating a usb-ethernet device in software? (Assuming the beagle board's usb interface can operate in gadget mode as opposed to host mode.) The Linux kernel does a good job of emulating a usb ethernet device, I use it extensively. I rather assumed the Bitsy port had this already, but perhaps not.
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> Huh, I just realised that if both ends of the fake ethernet link run Plan 9 then the only advantage of what I suggested would be that both ends of the link are known quantities with open source code.
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> Now I wonder if it might be simpler to implement 9p directly over USB.

sure.

but you still have to solve the problem of talking to the usb device.

- erik