From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GR74M-0002nH-3Q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:57:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8NCtPTZ007001; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:55:25 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (cumulus.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.72]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8NCn2Mc020588 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:49:03 GMT Received: from orpheus (dsl-203-113-237-40.SA.netspace.net.au [203.113.237.40]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id A575B67F1C for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 22:48:59 +1000 (EST) Subject: [gentoo-user] usb gadget support From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 22:18:54 +0930 Message-Id: <1159015734.514.6.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b8ad07da-18e2-4bc3-8f0b-1ea7703e47af X-Archives-Hash: fc67446dff80cc78655ea0b2612f60cb Hi all, I am looking at digital dvd/hard drive recorders for dvb, and I noticed that a lot of them are coming out with usb nowadays. However, all I can find out about the usb port is that it is for usb _devices_ like usb storage, not for an uplink to your PC. I came across USB gadget support a while ago [1], but from their web page it sounds like you need special hardware, not just any usb port: "Many Linux systems will not be able to use it, since they only have PC-style USB Host (master) hardware in a PC..." can I plug my laptop in so these devices see it as just a large hard drive? I would rather not go through two steps - eg. dvd recorder to dvd to computer; or dvd recorder to usb hd, to computer. Or alternatively, are there any recorders with a usb "uplink"? thanks heaps! [1] http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget/ -- Iain Buchanan Avoid the Gates of Hell. Use Linux (Unknown source) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list