Hi, am So, den 25 Juni 2006, schrieb dtutty@porchlight.ca: > Is there a way to add USB to a unit that doesn't have it? I think it would help if you tell us the System you have. > Can a generic USB PCI card go in a slot or will the firmware barf? Will > Linux see it? On the Pegasos II (a PowerPC system from Genesi/bplan with a G3 or G4) there seems to be some problems with USB cards. I have one working (it has a VIA chip). But my SCSI card, which works on a x86 system does not work in my Pegasos II. I cannot tell you something about PCI on other PPC systems. > IBM's description of PCI says that its architecture-independant, which > suggests that this should work if the PPC kernel has USB. However, the > diagnostic manual lists as one of the errors that an installed PCI card > doesn't have a recognized VPD. It seems that not all PCI cards are architecture-independant, in particular those with a "big" firmware. Hope this will help, Dieter Schuster -- GnuPG Key-ID: 1024D/5EE6EF26, bitte verschlüsselte E-Post; keine HTML-Post. Keine Logik-/Softwarepatente. Pas de Brevets Logique/Logiciels. No Logic/Software Patents.
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