On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, dman wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 12:38:28AM +0100, Rudy Gevaert wrote: > | Hello, > | > | Our lug is in need of buying a usb controller pci card. I looked around, > | and found two types of cards. > | The dlink 500 and a safeway (don't have more specs). > | > | I looked at the linux-usb.org site, but couldn't find anything about it. > | Does anyone know if this is supported by Debian? > > According to > http://www.dlink.com/products/usb/dsb500/SpecsTable.htm > it is a UHCI USB controller. > > Both UHCI and OHCI USB controllers are supported, and I can say that I > have a UHCI controller that I am using right now. > > D-Link's networking hardware (NICs and the switch I have) are good, > and I certainly hope they didn't do anything dumb to make this USB > controller not work. > > I just downloaded the driver from their site (win98 and win2k only) > but I see the file "VIAUSB.SYS" in the zip file. I bet this card is > based on a VIA chip.
Ok, I'll ask in the shop. Does linux support this via chip? -- Rudy Gevaert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The early worm gets the late bird.
