RE: [Linux-ia64] USB Support

[Jonathan_Kwahk@Dell.com]

BIOS builds 47 and 50 (with PAL50) does support SOME USB keyboards.  I have
had problems with the Microsoft (real nice one with Explorer keys) keyboard,
but the MS Elite USB keyboard works in the EFI shell.

I believe it's somewhat hardware/BIOS for the incompatibility.

TurboLinux 0505 build does NOT support USB keyboards with the installer.

RedHat's latest build hasn't been tested by me, yet.

J

-----Original Message-----
From: Johannes Erdfelt [mailto:jerdfelt@valinux.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 1:16 PM
To: Jonathan_Kwahk@exchange.dell.com
Cc: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] USB Support


On Tue, Jun 13, 2000, Jonathan_Kwahk@Dell.com <Jonathan_Kwahk@Dell.com>
wrote:
> Is there any USB support in the installation yet? Or any at all?

I haven't extensively tested this since all of the ia64 machines I have
worked on have had PS/2 keyboards installed.

There is 2 parts. The first is support in the BIOS and EFI. I have not
tested this and I do not know if this works, but many ia32 machines do
support this and I expect ia64 machines to as well.

The second is the kernel. TurboLinux AFAICT compiles their kernels with
USB support. It should support USB keyboards during install and after
install. However, I have not tested this yet.

I don't know if RedHat has compiled USB support into their kernel, but I
suspect they do.

JE