2.6 Kernel and USB

Anton Markov anton-F0u+EriZ6ihBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
Wed Jan 5 03:57:48 UTC 2005


Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 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.

Ah, my bad. I confused ehci with ohci. Your explanation is correct.


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