[svlug] USB Port

Karl F. Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Fri Apr 4 09:36:18 PST 2003


	Correction, the technology used is hotplug, not hotwire. My mind 
was in two places...:-)


On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Karl F. Larsen wrote:

> 
> 	Hi Gang, I have Red Hat 7.2 with a 2.4.19 kernel and 32 
> megabytes of flash memory card for memory. This is a very small box with 
> a single 5 volt power source. This box will go into space as the project 
> computer.
> 
> 	There is also a Kodak digital camera which we want to control 
> from the computer via it's USB port. 
> 
> 	My problem is understanding what kernel drivers are necessary to 
> make the USB ALWAYS HOT. The problem is the USB drivers were written at 
> the same time the Hotwire drivers were written. In fact the only thing 
> hotwire does now is turn on USB ports.
> 
> 	With 32 meg of memory, I can't support hotwire and USB.
> 
> 

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