From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 6 06:24:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA24125 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 06:24:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA24097 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 06:24:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id WAA08882; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 22:54:22 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708061324.WAA08882@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. In-Reply-To: <199708061244.IAA24112@gatekeeper.itribe.net> from Jamie Bowden at "Aug 6, 97 08:49:13 am" To: jamie@itribe.net (Jamie Bowden) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 22:54:22 +0930 (CST) Cc: daveh@tamis.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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? > Jamie Bowden ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[