Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Oct 1999 12:07:08 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: USB device allocation |
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Hi!
> > Previous numbers are unusable :-(: their either crash with > > existing device, or there's only convient room for one such > > device where around 16 are needed. > > How many really need 16?
You can have up to 255 devices on each usb bus. There are already machines with 3 usb buses.
> Let's be a bit more reasonable...
I know I want >32 modems. Creating modem farm is one of valid reasons to use usb modems.
> 0 => 31 USB Serial (Mouse or Modem)
They are not the same. Mouse is much different from modem.
> 32 => 47 USB Printers > 48 => 63 USB Scanners > 64 => 79 USB Cameras
They do not need device numbers.
> 80 => 95 USB Keyboards
They do not need device numbers... yet.
> 96 => 111 USB firmware downloaders > 112 => 239 Reserved for future definition > 240 => 255 USB Experimental > > Remember also that the names are reasonably irrelevant, and only the > node numbers actually matter.
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