usb-storage (which drives the CDRW) is currently broken in the 2.5 kernel tree. Patches to make it work are floating around, tho.
Matt On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 02:10:07AM -0500, Bill Arlofski wrote: > 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 -- Matthew Dharm Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver Way to go, lava boy. -- Stef to Greg User Friendly, 3/26/1998
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