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A little face lifting of the "USB Storage Devices" to avoid the split

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between ehci(4) and o/uchi(4) which comes from a time when USB 2.X
support was "young".  Let's mention usbconfig(8).  This section is now
8.X, 7.X and 6.X compliant.
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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
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@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ device da
device pass
device uhci
device ohci
device ehci
device usb
device umass</programlisting>
@ -752,8 +753,10 @@ device umass</programlisting>
to the USB storage devices, your USB device will be seen as a
SCSI device by the system. Depending on the USB chipset on
your motherboard, you only need either <literal>device
uhci</literal> or <literal>device ohci</literal>, however
having both in the kernel configuration file is harmless. Do
uhci</literal> or <literal>device ohci</literal> for USB 1.X support, however
having both in the kernel configuration file is harmless.
Support for USB 2.0 controllers is provided by the
&man.ehci.4; driver (the <literal>device ehci</literal> line). Do
not forget to compile and install the new kernel if you added
any lines.</para>
@ -768,15 +771,6 @@ device umass</programlisting>
&man.atapicam.4; should not be used in the kernel
configuration.</para>
</note>
<para>Support for USB 2.0 controllers is provided on
&os;; however, you must add:</para>
<programlisting>device ehci</programlisting>
<para>to your configuration file for USB 2.0 support. Note
&man.uhci.4; and &man.ohci.4; drivers are still needed if you
want USB 1.X support.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@ -891,7 +885,7 @@ umass0: detached</screen>
Disks</link> and <link linkend="mount-unmount">Mounting and
Unmounting File Systems</link> sections, reading various
manual pages may be also useful: &man.umass.4;,
&man.camcontrol.8;, and &man.usbdevs.8;.</para>
&man.camcontrol.8;, and &man.usbconfig.8; under &os;&nbsp; 8.X or &man.usbdevs.8; under earlier versions of &os;.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>