about USB port

[satimis]

Hi folks,

How to check (what command line used) the usb port of a motherboard, USB 1.1/USB 2.0

If only USB 1.1 supported, is there any way to upgrade it to USB2.0 other than changing the board.

TIA

B.R.
satimis

[Weedman]

try the command "lspci". look for any lines that mention "USB".

or to do that automatically, "lspci | grep USB".

as far as i know, the only way to upgrade usb 1.1 to usb 2.0 is to buy a pci usb 2.0 card. they arent that expensive these days.

hope this helped,
-weed

[satimis]

Hi Weedman,

Tks for your advice.

# lspci | grep USB

Usage: lspci [<switches>]

-v              Be verbose
-n              Show numeric ID's
-b              Bus-centric view (PCI addresses and IRQ's instead of those seen                                         by the CPU)
-x              Show hex-dump of the standard portion of config space
-xxx            Show hex-dump of the whole config space (dangerous; root only)
-s [[<bus>]:][<slot>][.[<func>]]        Show only devices in selected slots
-d [<vendor>]:[<device>]        Show only selected devices
-t              Show bus tree
-m              Produce machine-readable output
-i <file>       Use specified ID database instead of /usr/share/pci.ids
-M              Enable `bus mapping' mode (dangerous; root only)
-P <dir>        Use specified directory instead of /proc/bus/pci
-H <mode>       Use direct hardware access (<mode> = 1 or 2)
-F <file>       Read configuration data from given file
-G              Enable PCI access debugging

Nothing displayed.

Also tried;
# lspci -tv /proc/bus/pci/ | grep USB
with same result.

# lspci

           
00:00.0 Class 0600: 1106:3099
00:01.0 Class 0604: 1106:b099
00:0c.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
00:11.0 Class 0601: 1106:3074
00:11.1 Class 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
00:11.2 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 18)
00:11.3 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 18)
00:11.4 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 18)
00:11.5 Class 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 10)
01:00.0 Class 0300: 10de:0110 (rev b2)

I'm running "puppy linux"

On searching the "User's Manual" of the motherboard motherboard 2thMax 8KHA (printed hardcopy) I can't find its specification. But on a drawing;
VT8233 I/O Bridge

It shows
----- USB 0,1
----- USB 2,3
----- USB 4,5

I have no idea what they are referring. 6 USB ports?

However it is rather slow taking prolonged time loading from the pendrive. Any advice.

TIA

B.R.
satimis

[bigtomrodney]

Try

grep Ver /proc/bus/usb/devices

It will pull back some extra rubbish too but you should see the version number beside the 'Ver='

Personally I get this, I have a mixture of USB devices -

D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=e0(unk. ) Sub=01 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1

You can see I have USB 2.0, 1.10 and 1.0 ports.
Hope this helps.

[satimis]

Hi bigtomrodney,

Tks for your advice.

$ grep Ver /proc/bus/usb/devices

D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1

What is "D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1"

Tks

satimis

[Weedman]

i would say by that line that you do have a USB 2.0 port, but only one.

i dont understand most of that line, but "ver=2.00" is the main text you are looking for.
-weed