about USB port

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

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

Hi Weedman,

Tks for your advice.

# lspci | grep USB

Code:

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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

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Nothing displayed.

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

# lspci

Code:

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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)

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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

Try

Code:

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grep Ver /proc/bus/usb/devices

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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 -

Code:

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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

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

Hi bigtomrodney,

Tks for your advice.

$ grep Ver /proc/bus/usb/devices

Code:

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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

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

Tks

satimis

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