Hi Florian, On Wednesday 04 February 2004 20:45, Florian WÃchner wrote: > I'm looking for a PCMCIA USB 2.0 Controller for Linux. > Does anybody know which devices work with kernel 2.6.x?
I got a cheapo "Highscreen" (Vobis brand) controller for about 25â from eBay. It has merely printed "USB 2.0 Card PCMCIA" on its upside and "Model US2236" on the back. The device works fine under 2.6.x and 2.4.x (x>23) with different notebooks. So far I had no trouble connecting USB 2.0 and 1.1 devices in varying combinations, e.g. an active USB 2.0 hub, a Microsoft mouse, external hard disks and a Plextor CD-Burner etc. Works with the ehci-hcd module, but requires an explicit "cardctl eject" before popping out the card, otherwise the kernel hangs. This is a known problem for USB 2.0 PCMCIA controllers, though, and not specific to this controller. The only drawback: the controller seems to max out at about 80-100Mbit/s, but I haven't done extensive research on this so far. No problem for me, but if you need every bit of performance, you might want to spend more money for a well-established brand card. Regards, Frank -- Frank Trenkamp frank at trenkamp dot org GPG fprt: FF9E 9A3A CACB D840 6866 8485 DCB1 98FA 7162 4D9C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
