Re: Linux 2.4.5-ac7

Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Mon, 4 Jun 2001 12:27:11 +0000


Hi!

> > How about ISA USB host controllers?
>
> Those, unfortunately, do not exist. I was shopping for one
> in vain for a long time. One formiddable difficulty is that
> USB bandwidth is larger than ISA, so the only feasible way
> to make a HC is to have all TD's in its onboard memory,
> as in VGA.

USB is 1.2MB/sec while 8-bit ISA is 4MB/sec (memory-mapped).

...and OHCI does use board memory, anyway.
Pavel

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