* Dmitri <dmitri@users.sourceforge.net> on Fri, Nov 15, 2002:
> On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 14:24, Stelian Pop wrote:
>=20
> > Using USB instead of the serial line or the network card would be
> > the best IMHO, because:
> >=20
> > * many machines have network cards, but all machines have USB
> > (and it's gonna stay this way for some time)
> > =20
> > * the USB stack seems simpler than the net stack +=20
> > (eventualy) pcmcia + network card driver.
> >=20
> > Maybe the 'simpler' USB protocols (usbkbd and usbmouse) could be
> > used for this, I don't know...
>=20
> USB hardware and protocols are master-slave, meaning that you can not
> connect another computer to this one directly. What USB *device* would
> you want to see connected?
>=20
Not true. Just grab any USB master<->master cable. There's P2P network
drivers already in the kernel that support most brands of cables.
M. R.
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