[coldfire-gnu-discuss] Problem with P&E ParallelPortCable - Sourcery g++ Lite 4.2-8

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 10:55:16AM +0100, Nathan Sidwell wrote:
> >>> Additionally I get a dialog box indicating that there is a driver update for 
> >>> the CycloneProMaxSerial  going on (and finally fails)!!
> >> Do you have a cyclonepromaxserial connected?
> > No, there is no connection at all on my COM1 port
> > I have a Edgeport USB to 4x serial converter on a USB port connected for
> > getting terminal output from the board. May this cause the trouble ?
> 
> I do not know why the P&E library is detecting something on COM1 then.  It's 
> possible that it is not possible to autodetect this device, so it is listed as 
> present in order for you to be able to select it.

Yes, the serial and parallel devices are always listed.  There's no
way to detect them without writing to the respective ports, and that
could be bad if something else was plugged in.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery