USB support

Brad Hards bhards at bigpond.net.au
Sun Aug 5 18:38:39 EST 2001


David Murn wrote:
<snip>
> Try grabbing kernel source and compiling a new kernel with up-to-date
> drivers.  As for the specific Iomega usage, check this URL (but Id suggest
> using 2.4 rather than the backpatch.  http://www.oria.ch/USBZIP250/
Using 2.2 kernels with USB mass storage is specifically not supported:
see http://www.linux-usb.org/devices.html, and look for the mass storage class
entry.

The USB mass storage code needs error recovery stuff that is apparently not
good enough in 2.2


Brad




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