Inserting devices in a USB port

[Colin McGregor]

"Anton Markov" <anton-F0u+EriZ6ihBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 5:56 PM
wrote:


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> There should be no problem.  I believe the USB specifications are
> completely hot-plugable.  The only question is whether Linux has the
> hotplug support to detect the change and load the appropriate module.
> But as long as you unmount the flash memory or correctly undock the Palm
> Pilot, there should be no problem.

Or alternatively, USB hubs that will turn 1 USB port into several are
readily available and cheap.

> Mel Seder wrote:
> > Currently I have an cable plugged in to my USB port and it is used for
> > a flash memory / key ring memory.
> >
> > I'd like to use that same cable/USB for my Palm Pilot.
> >
> > Is there any problems switching devices at the end of the cable?
>
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