On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Alan Stern <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, 杨苏立 Yang Su Li wrote: > >> That's great! >> >> They do have a newer net2282 board though. That's not supported by Linux? > > It is. The same driver supports both net2280 and net2282. > >> Also, seems like if I want to use this board to resemble an USB mass >> storage (which is backed by a ramdisk), I will have to get the >> firmware which comes with this company's RDK package? Sadly net2280's > > I don't think you need any firmware. Certainly the net2280 doesn't > need any. > >> RDK isn't available in the market anymore (though I believe I can >> still get the evaluation board or controller. Should I get an >> evaluation board or controller?) > > Doesn't the controller come on a PCI card? That's all you need. What > else does the evaluation board have?
Unfortunately the USB controller doesn't come on a PCI card (to my surprise). I guess I would have to get an evaluation board (http://www.semiconductorstore.com/cart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=6697) in order to "plug and play" this thing. According to the product brief (http://www.semiconductorstore.com/pages/asp/DownloadDirect.asp?sid=1350464346395) this might be the thing I need. However, this product is for NET2280EVB-SW, while the one they are selling is NET2280EVB-LF. I am not quite sure if there's any significant different between these two models? Can I just get NET2280EVB-LF, plug it into a PCI slot in my desktop, and use it? I am sorry I am asking questions which should really be answered by the PLX tech support. However, my application to access their tech support website is denied, and the description of products in the website is very vague. Hopefully you guys have some familiarity with these products.... Suli > >> I am trying to contact PLX's technical support, however it seems like >> PLX is very restrictive on who the provide technical support to..... >> >> Thanks a lot. > > You're welcome. > > Alan Stern > -- Suli Yang Department of Physics University of Wisconsin Madison 4257 Chamberlin Hall Madison WI 53703 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
