[gentoo-user] Re: Which USB device on which controller?

[Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com>]

On 2009-02-27, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm looking at the box of one of the webcams and it says "USB 2.0
> compatible".

A USB 1.1 device _is_ "USB 2.0 compatible" because a USB 2.0
will slow down and run at 1.1 speed.  Does the device say it's
"high speed" USB?  "USB 2.0 compatible" generally means it's a
USB 1.1 device.

> It's not a cable problem because the cable is built right into
> the webcam.  I'm not trying to get the webcam to go faster
> back and forth to the controller, I just need to make sure I
> don't have both webcams on the same OHCI (1.1) USB controller.
> I would think buying a USB expansion card would work, but I
> have an EHCI (2.0) controller on this system and a second OHCI
> (1.1) controller.
>
> Does anyone have any idea on this.  It really doesn't make sense.

Sounds like it's a 1.1 device to me.

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