Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 22:54:22 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jamie@itribe.net (Jamie Bowden) Cc: daveh@tamis.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. Message-ID: <199708061324.WAA08882@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199708061244.IAA24112@gatekeeper.itribe.net> from Jamie Bowden at "Aug 6, 97 08:49:13 am"
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Jamie Bowden stands accused of saying: > On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, David Holloway wrote: > > > I see USB as another good way to > > get around the ever present "not enough irqs" problem > > Damn, I was hoping for an intelligent bus design that gave each bus > interface it's own dedicated data channel, like high end workstations > have. I'm not sure exactly what you're getting at here; from the top of the USB stack, that's more or less the way it is. The problem is just that that stack is a fairly hairy animal; it has a lot of functionality, but you pay for it. I suspect you were referring to separate physical channels, no? > Jamie Bowden ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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