Subject: Re: usb support
To: None <undo@cloud9.net>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/27/2000 22:04:33
andu wrote:

> I want to know if netbsd has a better support of usb then freebsd(as of 3.3)
> which only works if I turn off usb mouse/keyboard in BIOS (screws up my
> Linux)

I'm not sure if this works, because I've not been able to test it.  But if it doesn't
work it's a bug that should be fixed.


> and unplugging/plugging mouse/keyboard renders them useless(big problem
> since I share one monitor, usb keyboard/mouse, with 2 machines).

Plugging and unplugging keyboards and mice works just fine.


> Also if usb support in current/stable  release is as expected, where can I get a
> cd with with it since downloading is out of the question due to slow internet
> connection.

It's in current.  I'm not sure aboyt CDs, but there's a snapshot at
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/i386/snapshot/20000226/


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        -- Lennart