Serious Problems With USB and Ethernet On the Raspberry Pi 202
First time accepted submitter rephlex writes "The USB controller used in the Broadcom BCM2835 (which is the SoC the Raspberry Pi uses) has buggy drivers which have been causing problems for many of its users. In addition to this, the Pi can only supply an unusually low amount of current to its USB devices, just 140 mA approximately, and using a powered hub to sidestep this limit exacerbates the issues caused by the USB drivers. Even Ethernet is affected as the Ethernet controller used on the Raspberry Pi is connected to the SoC via USB. This has resulted in packet loss and even total loss of network connectivity in certain situations. Attempts have been made in the past to fix the buggy USB drivers as there are other devices which use this problematic controller. None of these attempts seem to have achieved very much."
FIRST POST (Score:5, Funny)
Posted from my Raspberry Pi...
DIE BLASPHEMER! (Score:5, Funny)
Though hast profaned the name of the HOLY PI with thine blasphemous use of facts! We cast thee into the deepest pits of Hell amongst the Beagle Board and Panda Board demons!
All praised be THE PI!
Re:FIRST POST (Score:5, Funny)
We had our bitcoin article already this week... (Score:1, Funny)
About fucking time!
Re:Fix for the USB (Score:3, Funny)
Why don't they change the original design? Are they resistant to change?
Re:Use a better power source and quit complaining (Score:2, Funny)
I power my Raspberry Pi using a micro USB connected to the USB port on the opposite side, you jump start it with an external 5V power supply for a second, and the power just goes round and round indefinitely, powering the PI and what ever other devices I have connected to the unpowered 6 port hub connected to the second port. At the moment it's populated exclusively with USB humping dogs.
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