[Soekris] net5501 USB port speed?

[Marc Balmer]

Andreas Schweigstill wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Malcolm Herbert schrieb:
>> NetBSD-4.0 and what I thought was a USB2.0 external caddy ...
> 
> USB 2.0 doesn't neccessarily mean that a device is high-speed mode
> capable. There also have been made some minor changes in the USB
> specification for low- speed and full-speed mode, so there are lots
> of manufacturers who advertise their product as USB 2.0 devices when
> they just meet those minor specification changes.
> 
> This was done especially during a short time after the introduction
> of USB 2.0, but also done nowadays.

The AMD Geode CS5536 companion chip supports four USB 2.0 compliant
ports that support low speed, full speed, and high speed connections.

Port 4 can be configure as USB 2.0 high speed or full speed device.

I do not know how the ports are wired on the 5501, though.

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