2.6 Kernel and USB

Tue Jan 4 14:42:59 UTC 2005

On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 06:31:56PM -0500, Anton Markov wrote:
> You shouldn't need both of those modules, because they are both USB 
> hub/controller drivers for different types of chipsets. uhci_hcd is for 
> newer USB 2.0 controllers from Intel,VIA,etc. and the ehci_hcd is for 
> older controllers (IIRC).

uhci and ohci are usb 1.x drivers (intel, via, etc use one of the two).
ehci is usb 2.0 and used by everyone (fortunately).  A usb 2.0
controller needs both a 1.x and a 2.0 driver loaded to run all devices
as far as I know.

Lennart Sorensen
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