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Date:      Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:48:32 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
Cc:        Raaf <raaf@zen.mooo.com>, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB2 device won't attach to ehci
Message-ID:  <46A5AED0.9020502@elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070724071114.GA1162@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
References:  <46A3D3CB.5070400@zen.mooo.com> <20070724071114.GA1162@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>

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Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On 2007-Jul-23 00:01:47 +0200, Raaf <raaf@zen.mooo.com> wrote:
>> Looking at the specifications page of the Olympus FE-210 i see
>> USB 2.0 compatible Yes.
>>
>> http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/29_FE-210_Specifications.htm
>>
>> That usually means that it's really a USB1.x device, but marketing
>> department decided that selling it as a USB 2.0 compatible device
>> would probably be better for sales :-)
> 
> I've done some experimenting and it appears to be true in this
> case as well.  I've checked on a different system running
> Winbloze and it agrees that it's USB1 :-(.
> 
> Looking further, it seems that the 'USB2' claim only exists in
> some countries - presumably where that sort of claim doesn't
> raise the ire of the relevant consumer protection body.
> 
> Thanks for that pointer.  Sorry for disturbing this list.

Do not confuse high-speed with USB2.
A slow device can still be USB2 compliant as USB2 still
defines the slower speeds.

> 




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