port replicators and linux

[Joseph Kubik]

I know that the Dell port replicator has some firmware in it. (enough
that I have to reboot it about 2x per month).
-Joseph-

On 5/29/05, Henry Spencer <henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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-lqW1N6Cllo25VldFQK4jKA at public.gmane.orgt
> 
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