Apparently, USB support is available now for "simple" devices. At the 2.2.9
kernel this is just keyboards and mice. Modems and other devices are still in
the future. Linus recently got a laptop with USB on it.
On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, John May wrote: > The only reason I ask is
because when I recompiled my kernel I saw a section for USB called > "USB -
Not for the faint of heart". I compiled it in as modules, and when I loaded
the module it > seemed to recognize my USB controller, but I didn't know
exactly how to use it. BTW, this was on > the 2.2.9-27 build kernel. > >
> *************************************
> Original message from: Dan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >John May wrote:
> >>
> >> Does anybody have any resources regarding USB in Linux? Particularly on setting
>up
> modems. I
> >> read somewhere that it was possible.
> >
> >In current production kernels (2.0.x, 2.2.x), there is no USB support.
> >There is _very_ basic USB support in the development kernels (2.3.x;
> >2.3.11 is the latest), but I still don't think there's enough to
> >actually use a modem.
> >
> >--
> >Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >"Since all the world is but a story, it were well for thee to buy the
> >more enduring story rather than the story that is less enduring"
> >-- The Judgment of St. Colum Cille
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