port replicators and linux

[Henry Spencer]

On Sun, 29 May 2005, Franco Saliola wrote:
> (1) The port replicators available for my laptop has a many more ports
> than my laptop (ps/2 ports, serial ports, etc). Does this mean that
> these extra ports will work, or should I expect only the ports on my
> laptop to work? (I guess I am asking whether a port replicator is a
> port expander.)

In my experience, a "port replicator" is just a connector panel -- the
port electronics are within the laptop and are there regardless, but there
is no connector for the extra ports on the laptop itself.  So there's no
software issue; to the software, it looks like those ports are always
there. 

That said, my experience is limited, and heaven knows what perversities
might be found in some laptops...

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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