On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 11:42 -0800, Bradley Remedios wrote: > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 19:00:27 -0700, Jed S. Baer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'll be quite surprised if my BIOS has anything like this available, but > > I'll look next time I reboot. > > All lot of mine have had that option old and new. > > > I don't know what is meant by "legacy" though. Do you (or your BIOS) mean > > USB1 vs. USB2 devices? If so, I'm pretty sure my Belkin SA is "legacy". > > I have no clue what is meant by legacy usb but everything works, even > my USB 1.1 devices.
I believe Legacy USB support is meant for use with operating systems that don't have USB drivers. It uses BIOS tricks to make USB keyboards and mice look like older hardware. It can be useful if you have only a USB keyboard and need to use DOS or to enter options for your boot loader. It can also cause problems in cases where the BIOS doesn't recognize that a real USB driver has taken control. Here's a Microsoft article that covers some of this: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/usbhost.mspx -- Zan Lynx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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