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Date:      Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:33:22 +0100
From:      Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>
To:        FreeBSD Current Users <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: EHCI considered harmful?
Message-ID:  <20041029123322.GA7181@bingo.tenfour>
In-Reply-To: <20041029062021.R82803@alpha.siliconlandmark.com>
References:  <20041029075930.GG701@marvin.riggiland.au> <20041029080817.GB728@empiric.icir.org> <20041029081900.GH701@marvin.riggiland.au> <20041029062021.R82803@alpha.siliconlandmark.com>

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* Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> [1026 11:26]:
> 
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Thomas E. Zander wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, 29. Oct 2004, at  1:08 -0700, Bruce M Simpson wrote
> >according to [Re: EHCI considered harmful?]:
> >
> >>ehci(4) is not stable code and fails reproducibly with my ALi-based
> >>USB2 disk enclosure.
> >
> >Well, okay then. I was just wondering because it doesn't appear on
> >Scott's todo-list for 5.3-R and it seems to accidently work on my
> >box :-)
> 
> This is my understanding of the current state of our USB ehci support: 
> ehci only works with certain chipsets. On the ones that it does work with, 
> you do not want to have a USB2 hub connected (With ehci in your config) as 
> it will not be supported. Removing ehci from your kernel lets you use a 
> USB2 hub in 1.1 mode.

Just thought I'd mention that netbsd CURRENT got usb2 hub support in its echi
driver last week. I don't know how easy a merge would be, but if anyone needs
usb2 hub support, might be worth a look.

-- 
Yeah, life is hilariously cruel. - Bender
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