Greetings: Just getting interested in what USB is all about; spending
hours on the Web and reading articles/docs, etc - I still have some
unanswered questions.
What are the details about "hot swapping?" All I read is that it
means you can plug/unplug a device while the machine is "on".. No
mention, that I could find, as to why this is possible. Is finger #1,
Vcc, at zero or millivolts until a device is inserted, then it
"jumps" up, mysteriously, to the required +5??
In my book; connecting any load draws current, albeit quite small in
the case of a flash drive, that cannot be good for those mighty thin
contacts..
I have kernels 2.4.18 and 2.4.20, and the necessary modules, so I've
ordered a Flash Drive to see what cooks..
Cheers,
Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 8.0 (2.4.18)
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