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 Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
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