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BACKPACK USB (and USB2.0) now working in Linux

From:  "Ken Hahn" <kenh@micro-solutions.com>
To:  <linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject:  [PARPORT] BACKPACK USB (and USB2.0) now working in Linux
Date:  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:04:04 -0500
Cc:  <linux-parport@torque.net>, <linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>

Howdy all,

I'm very pleased to be able to tell you that Micro Solutions
has just made available the "BACKPACK USB Loader".

It is available here:
http://www.micro-solutions.com/software_library/linux/index3.html

This package provides the firmware and scripts to allow
"BACKPACK USB" products (including USB2 products) to be used with the
"linux-usb-storage" driver.

This package ties into the usb-hotplug layer, so that the drive may simply
be plugged in and it will be recognized as a linux-usb-storage device.

This package depends on the linux-hotplug and fxload packages.
If your distribution is missing these packages, you may wish to obtain them
at:
http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/
(look in the USB section)

Thanks go to the usb-hotplug and linux-usb teams as well as the author of
fxload.  Oh and of course the obligatory thanks to all linux kernel
developers for doing a great job.

Hope this will help all Linux users of BACKPACK products,

Ken Hahn
Engineer, Micro Solutions


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