Never mind.. I'm just going to have my docking station use the regular AC-Adaptor plug for power, so that the boot firmware can handle it correctly. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to download/test new Hijack kernels while docked, which was kinda the whole idea here.

This means I'm dropping the idea of doing a TXD -> DCD loopback on the serial cable (since I did it with an intermediate cable, I'll just snip one wire to restore things). This also means I won't be releasing any special Hijack support for docking, since it will just work normally with the AC-Adaptor plug-in.

I'll post some pics of the docking station details later in the week, showing how the ethernet and power plugs are "held in place".

If enough people scream, I'll add an option to "Force AC/Home Mode" for diehards who need it (anyone?).

-ml