#75404 - xproductions - Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:51 pm
I saw natrium's serial port, and it struck me: why not multiboot from it? If connected to a pc, this could provide a solution for linux users since WMB doesn't work yet on linux. If connected to a SD card that supports SPI mode, this could make a convienient storage system. FlashMe and NITROFW authors, consider adding this functionality.
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#75406 - TJ - Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:16 pm
WMB does work in Linux.
#75635 - josath - Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:55 pm
still, pretty much everyone has a serial port, while not everyone has a wmb-compatible non-usb wifi card. serial port multiboot would be very nice when developing & testing: you wouldn't need to swap cf cards or flashcarts back & forth every time you made a new compile.
#75639 - tepples - Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:03 pm
Case in point: One of my computers has a serial port, but both of its PCI slots are filled. In order to add a PCI Wi-Fi card, it would need a new motherboard, a new case, and (because they probably don't make motherboards for the computer's processor anymore) a new CPU and RAM.
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#75688 - zzo38computer - Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:48 am
| xproductions wrote: |
| I saw natrium's serial port, and it struck me: why not multiboot from it? ... FlashMe and NITROFW authors, consider adding this functionality. |
I would add that function to FWNITRO, if I had that device and I knew how to make it work, and the support library isn't too large to fit in the firmware. Later I might just do that! (But I'm not sure)
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#75777 - xproductions - Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:46 pm
Actually, you don't need the PassMe + serial port modification. Since the serial port = EEPROM interface, you could just etch a pcb that can be inserted into the DS that has traces for EEPROM /CE, D6, D7, (serial input/output), and CLK. This could be connected into a 3 volt parallel port. Or voltage converter + serial port. this could cost a few bucks max.
Edit: On second thought, I'm not sure is this would work. Not everyone here is a hardware guy.
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