THANK you.... I'm on my way back there now.
Johannes Erdfelt wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2002, Bill Arlofski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I just purchased an Iomega external USB 2.0 CDRW drive which is supposed >>to be able to write/rewrite/read/RIP(dae) at 16x/10x/40x/32x with a USB >>2.0 connection. But even with my handy-dandy new IOGEAR 5 port USB 2.0 >>PCI card, I am only seeing 4x (USB 1.1) speeds. >> >>I purchased both the IOGEAR PCI card (model GIC250U), and the Iomega USB >>CDRW (model CDRW6402EXT) because I have been reading that both Iomega >>and IOGEAR were supporting the Linux-USB projects. >> >>I have not been able to find much info regarding Linux and USB 2.0 >>support. Can anyone point me in the direction I need to go to determine >>if there is support for this particular setup, or (more generically) a >>URL that describes the current status of USB 2.0 support for Linux? >> > > The way USB 2.0 controllers work is they have a USB 2.0 controller > (EHCI) and a USB 1.1 controller (OHCI or UHCI). If you don't have an > EHCI driver, it will only use the USB 1.1 controller and you'll be > limited to USB 1.1 speeds. > > To get USB 2.0 speeds, you need to use the EHCI driver. It's available > as a patch for 2.4 kernels (check www.linux-usb.org for more info) or > you can try 2.5 kernels which have it built in (not recommended since > it's not stable). > > JE > > > -- ------------- Bill Arlofski Unix/Novell Systems Administrator The Hotchkiss School http://www.revpol.com/img/billjump.jpg the point of the journey is not to arrive. Neil Peart _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
