USB 2.0 For Linux

SilentTone writes: "PCWorld is reporting that USB 2.0 or high speed USB will be hitting Linux first half 2002. Intel is already providing space on its Pentium 4 motherboard for the USB 2.0 controller. With a transfer rate of 480Mbps (more than firewire's 400Mbps) it seems promising." Update: 09/04 23:02 PM GMT by H : So, somewhere between my preview and going live, I seem to have "lost" the link - if you find it, please post below. I'm looking - in the meantime, this is a good Linux and USB tutorial, and Blue Cat Linux is supporting USB 2.0. HA! Found it - story updated.

your logic boggles...

[levl289]

If you were to read the headline, Linux gets this in Q1 2002. WinXP is gold *now*, meaning that it'll be out before then. Beyond that, I'm running 2.2.18 right now, so yeah, that too will require a separate download.

If you're gonna bash MS, do it with proper logic.

(I'm sure this'll win me a modding-down)

Pardon me for...

[Burning1]

...sounding like a troll, but... who cares?

Does it really matter weather Linux supports USB 2.0 before manufacturer X?

Do we really need to act like a bunch of kids arguing back and forth about our toy being better than someone else's?

• Linux gets USB2 support? Great.
• Linux isn't going to be behind the curve on this new technology? Excellent.

But seriously people, do you seriously feel that it's only possible for Linux to be considered a viable operating system if we parade our wins?

Microsoft will support USB 2.0 when the situation demands it.

Hey, If you want to do an item by item comparason between operating systems, and are willing to admit failures as well as success: go for it.

...But this kind of comment just makes us look like children.

Re:A valid on topic question

[rarose]

Certainly a valid question. Looking at the USB 1.0 and 1.1 designs it's obvious that Intel's goal was to make peripheral development as cheap as possible.

They made the hardware cheap by putting every thing they could into software. If you could save a gate by making it a "soft function", they did it. Why? Two big reasons:

1. Mfgs pay for each unit of hardware produced while software is a flat cost... whether you sell 100 widget joysticks or 10 million widget joysticks you only pay the software guys once, unlike an extra transistor that you 100 versus 10 million of.

2. More software functionality equals more CPU bandwidth used. And chipzilla loves CPU hungry designs.

I don't think it'll be IDE vs. SCSI though. Yes Firewire is more expensive than USB... but it's being incorporated into relatively expensive devices (camcorders, hard drives, etc) as opposed to keyboards and mice. If firewire adds $1 to the cost of a $2000 camcorder, that's no big deal. If that $1 was instead on a $10 keyboard it'd be a totally different story.