On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Daniel Haensse wrote: > Dear Alan, > > > The line above means that the hub reports it has no capability for > > switching power off to individual ports. The ports are supposed to be > > always powered on. > > > > For that matter, that part about "removable status: FFFFFFF" two lines > > above means the hub's ports are all Fixed internal to the hub itself, so > > you can't plug any devices into them. I have a feeling that both lines > > are wrong. > > Is this a firmware bug of the hub?
Yes. Those values come directly from the firmware. > I'll check the hack, but if so, it means > that I have to patch the kernel each time that I install a new kernel?! Yes, until an equivalent fix gets added to the official kernel. Or else just avoid using that hub. :-( > It's also funny that windows works with it without any problems. Looks like > it > just ignores the status?! Just ignores the capabilities, yes. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
