Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 09:28:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: daveh@tamis.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. Message-ID: <199708061324.JAA24272@gatekeeper.itribe.net> In-Reply-To: <199708061324.WAA08882@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > Jamie Bowden stands accused of saying: > > On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, David Holloway wrote: > > > > > I see USB as another good way to > > > get around the ever present "not enough irqs" problem > > > > Damn, I was hoping for an intelligent bus design that gave each bus > > interface it's own dedicated data channel, like high end workstations > > have. > > I'm not sure exactly what you're getting at here; from the top of the > USB stack, that's more or less the way it is. The problem is just > that that stack is a fairly hairy animal; it has a lot of > functionality, but you pay for it. > > I suspect you were referring to separate physical channels, no? Yep. Jamie Bowden System Administrator, iTRiBE.net
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