[svlug] Linux and the USB

[Scott Stone]

On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Justin Ryan [PHT] wrote:

> in Linux, device driver = kernel, device drvers are simply kernel
> modules.. it may be handled similar to isapnp though, where a program
> initializes the USB devices and the module is loaded, but USB and pnp are
> two different animals, I would assume the kernel needs to know how to talk
> to the USB port

Redhat 5.2 uses a 2.0.x kernel - USB support isn't even available as a
patch unless you're using 2.1.x or higher.  It's not even an *official*
patch for 2.2 - although the TurboLinux 2.2.x kernels contain the USB
patches.

> 
> On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Tony Cappellini wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I read a brief post that the kernel in RH 5.2 not supporting the USB. (see link
> > below)
> > 
> > http://search.zdnet.com:80/cgi-bin/texis/zdhelp/zdhelp/single.html?Ueid=9180
> > 23&Utext=linux&Uhcat=All&Utiptype=
> > 
> > 
> > I'm wondering why the Kernel  would have anything to do with supporting the
> > USB.  
> > Why Wouldn't the hardware be handled at another level, like a device driver, or
> > some other piece of code ?
> > 
> > 
> > 
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