> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 02:55:09 +0100 (IST)
> From: Ross Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Linux-usb-users] USB laplink cable
>
> Thanks David. Any recommendations on cables? I take it
> the Netlink 1080 chip is the best supported
It's been there longest and is most complete.
But not many vendors use it yet. If you find
one locally, it should mostly behave. (Is there
really a USB cable from LapLink Inc.?)
I've recently learned that the Belkin "USB DirectConnect"
needs slightly different config in that driver ... you can tell it
to act like a "Linux Device" (say, iPaq or Yopy PDA).
I'll have to submit a patch soon. That has two NetChip 2890
devices and an Atmel controller, it's not really a NetChip 1080
as "usbnet" currently assumes.
> and only one that operates with a Win32 machine ATM
I'm told the Belkin cable, faking as a "Linux Device",
interops with Belkin's Win32 driver too. Pleasant
surprise ... :)
> or is the Prolific PL2302 a better chip?
The PL 2301/2302 look like the same chip from specs;
I've seen both. The reset state handling is funky, I've
never bothered to figure that out ... you might need to
plug in both ends "from scratch" to make it behave, or
spend some time figuring out the reset handling of
that chip.
I see more Prolific-based cables around -- at half
the price of the Belkin cable. The Belkin might be
worth the money, just to not have reset troubles
(and the LEDs are nice to have :).
- Dave
> Many thanks,
> Ross.
>
>
> > See the "usbnet" driver in the current AC patch
> > series (www.bzImage.org) which has support
> > for a fair number of these cables.
>
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