Solaris Support for USB Devices

Support for the following USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 devices is provided on both SPARC and x86 based systems, except where indicated:

• Audio devices – Only USB 1.x devices are supported on a USB 2.0 hub.

  • No USB 2.0 audio devices are supported.

  • A USB 1.x audio device that is connected to a USB 2.0 hub, which is connected to a USB 2.0 port, can be used in the Oracle Solaris 11 Express releases only. For more information, see usb_ac(7D) and usb_as(7D).

  • Devices that are not supported by a USB driver might have libusb applications such as gphoto2, gtkam, and pilotlink. For more information, refer to /usr/sfw/share/doc/libusb/libusb.txt.

• Generic USB driver (ugen(7D))

• HID devices (keyboard and mouse devices, hid(7D))

• Hubs (hubd(7D))

• Printers

• Serial devices (Edgeport (usbser_edge(7D)), Prolific (usbsprl(7D)), Keyspan (usbsksp(7D))

• Storage devices (scsa2usb(7D))

• User-space USB device management library (libusb(3LIB))

Use the following table to identify Solaris support information for specific USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 devices.

Notes:

• Only USB 1.x audio devices are supported. No USB 2.0 audio devices are supported.

• A USB 1.x audio device that is connected to a USB 2.0 hub, which is connected to a USB 2.0 port, can be used. For more information, see usb_ac(7D) and usb_as(7D).

• Devices that are not supported by a USB driver might have libusb applications such as gphoto2, gtkam, and pilotlink. For more information, refer to /usr/sfw/share/doc/libusb/libusb.txt.

• Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 releases – For USB dual framework issues, refer to the following site:

  http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/usb/USB-Faq.html

For task information associated with mass storage devices, see Chapter 8, Using USB Devices (Tasks).

For more information about ugen, see USB Driver Enhancements.