Re: [cobalt-developers] RAQ3

[Bruce Timberlake <Bruce.Timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

> > "There is no USB support on any Cobalt product except Qube 3+.
> > Linux kernel v2.2 (in all Cobalt boxes) does not support any
> > type of storage device."
> 
> Hmm, why does it say it supports USB in my manual, and has a 
> USB port on the back?

It has a USB port in the back to be useful "someday" (when the Cobalt
boxes were conceived, USB + Linux didn't really work, but we knew it
would someday.  Now, on the Qube 3+, you can attach a printer).  The
lack of external USB storage support is a kernel issue, and there's not
enough demand for Sun to backport 2.4 kernel support...

And I don't see anyplace in the RaQ 3 (or RaQ 4) manual where it says
that USB is "supported"...  In fact, the only mention I can find is on
the rear view diagram, where it says "The USB port provides a Universal
Serial Bus connection."  USB isn't in the index, nor the hardware
breakdown in the appendix...

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Bruce Timberlake
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