Re: Linux compatible USB adapter.
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 12:53 pm, ABrady wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:14:16 +0300
>
> "Daniel M." <quantera@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > I want to buy a Linux compatible PCI to USB 2.0 adapter. What I should
> > be looking for so that an adapter I am going to buy will be fully
> > compatible? I am very far from being an expert in hardware buzzwords,
> > but from Linux's documentation and info on www.linux-usb.org site I
> > understood that there are at least two things to look for: "USB 2.0
> > high speed" and "EHCI".
> >
> > If I see those two phrases in adapter's specs, is that enough to be
> > sure that an adapter device is Linux compatible? If not, what is an
> > additional information to look for? If yes, are those two necessary,
> > or could one of them be dropped (though I think that "high speed" is
> > necessary if you want USB 2.0 instead of USB 1.1)?
>
> I own 3 different ones. I paid no particular attention to anything and
> they all worked. I also know of others who just bought cards, put them
> in and used them.
>
> There might be a board or two out there that won't work, but I haven't
> found or heard of any.
I went for an NEC chipset from:
http://store.yahoo.com/directron/kw2580n.html
Works like a champ and it's 12 bucks.
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