On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 11:12:00AM +0200, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: > I simply don't understand why Linux cannot be programmed to fake > an USB disk. Is USB designed so that the cable and the hardware > has to be reversed if one reverses the connection direction? > That is, a computer should have both in and out USB ports, and > the cable must be switched from port to port.
You need different hardware to act like a USB device. It is totally different electronically. > How sad. Why USB is limited that way? Does that limit possible USB > applications? No. > What USB chips are used inside USB disk devices? What USB chips are > used inside computers? If they are different kind of chips, then > I understand the problem. But if they are of the same kind, then > it would be only a matter of reprogramming the (Linux) driver for > the chip. They are different. Sorry, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
