On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 12:25:59PM -0500, Ajinkya Joglekar wrote: > I have a device that connects to a USB port. The device is basically a media > read/write device. There are no device drivers for it. I want to get it to > work under Linux. I have the commands or API for it though. > I have read quite a few articles/pages on different web sites and have some > understanding of how different modules are loaded into the kernel and the > USB architecture. > Do I need to write a device driver for such a device or can I mount it and > simply use the "open" "read" "write" command to send commands back and > forth? If yes how do I find where the it is mounted (/dev/??)? > My machine didn't have USB ports so I bought a 2-port PCI card. Is there > anything different in the way the system configure or maps USB if there is a > PCI card verses a USB built on the board? It shows up as a Hub right now. > I would great appreciate if someone could help me in this regard.
No, there is no difference if the USB controller is built into your motherboard or on a PCI card as far as a USB device driver development goes. If you already know the API, I'd suggest looking at the usb-storage driver and seeing if you can get your device to work with that driver. Good luck, greg k-h _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
