Joel Newkirk wrote: > I've been playing around with USB host mode for a couple weeks now, and > wanted to itemize my results. (previously touched on some of this in one > of the USB keyboard threads and on my blog) Any questions just ask, but I > mostly envision this as a thread where we can post results of various USB > hostmode tests. (to hopefully make their way onto the wiki after some > consolidation, cross-checking, and editing) > > > The needed cable arrived just before I flashed to 2008.08 - 2007 didn't > acknowledge keyboard, and ethernet wasn't in my hands then, other results > here apply to both 2008.08 (currently Raster's image upgraded via Zecke-dev > feeds) and 2007.02 versions. > > > 2gb thumbdrive - automounts, reads & writes fine. ('Plain' Sony > thumbdrive, no encryption or compression, VFAT) > > keyboards - most work flawlessly when plugged in (3 out of 4 tested), > including automatically disabling software keyboard. (Thanks Raster!!) > The one tested that did not work is a Dell multimedia keyboard with 2-port > USB hub and volume knob as a second USB device - it also states that it > draws 1.5A, so I was unsurprised when it didn't power up. > > Canon S410 Elph digital camera - (self-powered) lsusb shows the device, no > drivers installed. (I'd like to be able to transfer pix from the camera to > the Freerunner) > > Epson printer - (self powered) device is visible in lsusb, no driver > support installed/configured on my Freerunner yet... > > Logitech webcams (Quickcam Communicate STX and Quickcam Chat [IIRC]) - > device visible in lsusb, but gspca and usb-video kernel modules are > unavailable ATM. > > Netgear wifi adapter - powers device, lsusb shows it, no support enabled in > kernel AFAIK. Not really necessary on GTA02, though there are some > scenarios to utilize dual wifi, especially if at least one supports Wifi > Master mode. (iwconfig refuses on built-in wifi so presumably driver > doesn't support, at least - I'd love to get madwifi going, but suspect the > SDIO interface leaves us unsupported there since they won't even support > USB wifi devices with the same chipset as a supported PCI wifi card) > > Ethernet 10/100 adapter - arrived today, works perfectly. Plugged into > ethernet then USB, and Freerunner powers device, establishes ethernet link > on eth1, and picks up IPs and routing. Perfect, beautiful, and painfree. > Pinging Google less than 7 seconds after plugging in. > > > That last one, ethernet, just made my Freerunner an indispensable network > diagnostic tool. :) (now I just need tshark/wireshark, ettercap, handy > things like that) I'm likely going to order a second, see if there's any > way I can position the Freerunner mid-cable with the two ethernets bridged, > and sniff traffic. ;) (obviously would be limited by USB 1.1 bandwidth but > probably still useful - the question is really whether the Freerunner can > power a hub and two adapters)
I will add this to the wiki right away, and correct as the discussion continues. This info is too good to lose in the mailing list (although I guess you could say it's not much worse than getting lost in the wiki, and perhaps better, since the mailing list archives are more easily searched than the wiki). Michael _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community