06-15-2018, 08:32 AM
(06-14-2018, 12:01 AM)hackish Wrote: So I've tried all the different linux versions I could find without any luck. I need a hub with 9 ports on it, and that seems to limit the options. The hubs I've tested with (Orico and iHarbort) both worked perfectly well in Windows. I don't know if their implementation is poor but drivers manage to work around it, or if the linux USB system is lacking or just not properly configured. Any ideas?
I understand that it can't be helped that your project needs that many ports, but a USB hub that large tends to just be asking for trouble. Strange little issues arise when (often poorly designed) USB hub controllers have to split the data up that many ways.
I'd be willing to bet that it's the "poorly designed" bit of that which is the issue. The designer(s) of those hub controllers probably took some shortcuts which manage to not harm Windows compatibility, but do cause issues under Linux (and maybe MacOS).
I know this probably reads as a redirection of blame, but the USB3 port on the Rock64 tends to be very stable under most use cases.
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