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[Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo_bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----

> From: Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Kicad Developers <kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 4:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] Linux target
> 
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 01:27:03PM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>>  BBB has a bad USB port.  Google "babble interrupt".
> 
> Considering that USB just doesn't work by default it's astonishing that
> the OMAP one could be even worse... have you tried the Sitara based
> boards?  They should be better given the different target market...
> 
> BTW we moved away from USB, way too many issues (hardware, drivers and
> reliability). These days we almost only use RS485, CAN and ethernet...
> 


Oh yes, the OMAP ones can be worse. A huge section of the chip errata have to do with USB issues, and I'm not happy with the length of TI's chip errata either. Some faults have persisted across 2 chip revisions. Sometimes I get the impression that TI has no interest in creating a working processor.

- Cirilo