[BL] finally found what I have been looking for

sindi keesan keesan at sdf.lonestar.org
Fri Mar 18 12:20:01 EST 2005


On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan at sdf.lonestar.org>
>
>> Delinux (Slackware 7.1 based original) now has kernel 2.2.26 and
>> their standard ide kernel has USB support (via modules of all
>> sorts).  That would be easier than compiling my own, though it is
>> 902K.  Only needed on rare occasions if we ever get a working USB
>> camera and don't want to get a flash IDE adaptor.   Delinux ought
>> to have matching modules in case we wanted to use ppp slhc parport
>> etc. at the same time (to email or print photos).
>>
>> Did you compile something smaller than this?
>
> Barely. ~520KB bzImage. Almost everything =M.

That is a LOT smaller.  Kernel 2.2.36, you said?  Want to post this 
somewhere for other BL users to use instead of SW81 bare.i image?
Along with the USB modules, of course.

I think Delilinux kernel is now from SW8.0 where you can also get the 
modules.

>> I don't want to have to get hold of kernel source.
>>
>>> scsi_mod
>>> sd_mod
>>> usbcore
>>> usb-uhci (or equivalent USB host module)
>>> usb-storage


>> For a digital camera with USB cable is it uhci or ohci?  I have no
>> experience with USB except for one Windows scanner.
>
> Depends on your USB Host Controller in your PC. All recent boards with
> Intel PCI controllers, and VIA PCI controllers, can use uhci or usb-uhci.
> SiS, ALi chipsets are ohci. Note that not all USB cameras use Mass Storage.
> For those that aren't, you need gphoto2 and only these modules:

Our USB computers are 1998 or  1999 so probably ohci.

> usbcore
> usb-uhci or uhci or ohci
>
> Then you need to set up a hotplugging driver. Details on that are available
> with gphoto2 documentation.

If it has a memory card but not a card reader does it use Mass Storage?

I just put in another bid on an Olympus D-360L which uses a serial cable, 
so as to avoid learning USB.  We are happy with 640x480.  The photopc 3.00 
software for the Olympus fits on a DOS boot disk with room to spare for 
photos.  Or on a 3rd floppy disk to use with the 2-floppy BL2 on /tmp.

> David
> -- 
> _______________________________________________
> NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once.
> http://datingsearch.lycos.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> BasLinux mailing list
> BasLinux at lists.ibiblio.org
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/baslinux
>
>

keesan at sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org



More information about the BasLinux mailing list