On Thu, Mar 21, 2002, Randy.Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Johannes Erdfelt wrote: > > | On Thu, Mar 21, 2002, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > Exerpts from logs below. > | > > | > When I don't use my 4 port banksia USB hub everything is OK but I can only > | > use 1 device at a time. Read somewhere recently (but can't remember where) > | > that hubs with less than 8 ports were cheap and could cause problems. This > | > could be my issue. > | > | Heh, if you can find a hub with more than 7 ports, please tell me where > | so I can buy one. AFAIK, the USB hub code has never been tested with a > | hub with more than 7 ports. > > I tested a hub that reported 9 or 10 ports. > And I made changes to data structures to support that, > up to 16 ports anyway. That part used to work after > my changes, but not before them, for a hub with more than > 8 ports. > > 5 open USB ports, 1 PS/2 keyboard, 1 PS/2 mouse, > 1 serial, 1 parallel port. Total 9 ports, all seen > as USB. > > Oh, email archives... > There are threads on this from 2000. > Patch was sent to Alan (for 2.2.19) on 2001-feb-20. See: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=98271329814450&w=2
Ahh yes. I remember this now. > Ah, I'm recalling it now: Mobility EasiDock. > http://www.easidock.com/products/product.asp?ProductID=1002 Excellent. Thanks for the pointer. JE _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
