Wii Hardware/USB - Revision history

Techflash: oops

2025-09-12T19:23:23Z

oops

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	The [[Wii]] features 3 USB Host Controllers:		The [[Wii]] features 3 USB Host Controllers:
	* 1x "EHCI" USB 2.0 controller, managing the 2 user-accessible ports on the back of the console.		* 1x "EHCI" USB 2.0 controller, managing the 2 user-accessible ports on the back of the console.
	* 2x "OHCI" USB 1.1 controllers, 1 managing the internal [[Wii Hardware/~~Wi-Fi~~\|Broadcom ~~4318~~]] ~~Wi-Fi~~ chipset, and the other handling when legacy devices are plugged into the 2 back ports.		* 2x "OHCI" USB 1.1 controllers, 1 managing the internal [[Wii Hardware/Bluetooth\|Broadcom 2045A]] Bluetooth chipset, and the other handling when legacy devices are plugged into the 2 back ports.

	[[Wii-Linux]] has had support for USB since the beginning. gc-linux added support for it in MIKEp1, the first release. Unfortunately, in more recent versions, support has gotten a bit odd. Due to changes that are as of yet unidentified, USB hubs can sometimes cause strange behavior, and sometimes the driver throws <code>-EINVAL</code> (error -22) when a device is inserted. It is as of yet unknown why these occur, but they seem to have been caused at some point between gc-linux and Techflash's 4.5 port.		[[Wii-Linux]] has had support for USB since the beginning. gc-linux added support for it in MIKEp1, the first release. Unfortunately, in more recent versions, support has gotten a bit odd. Due to changes that are as of yet unidentified, USB hubs can sometimes cause strange behavior, and sometimes the driver throws <code>-EINVAL</code> (error -22) when a device is inserted. It is as of yet unknown why these occur, but they seem to have been caused at some point between gc-linux and Techflash's 4.5 port.

	[[Category:Wii Hardware]]		[[Category:Wii Hardware]]

Techflash: Add Wii Hardware category

2024-11-07T05:06:58Z

Add Wii Hardware category

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	[[Wii-Linux]] has had support for USB since the beginning. gc-linux added support for it in MIKEp1, the first release. Unfortunately, in more recent versions, support has gotten a bit odd. Due to changes that are as of yet unidentified, USB hubs can sometimes cause strange behavior, and sometimes the driver throws <code>-EINVAL</code> (error -22) when a device is inserted. It is as of yet unknown why these occur, but they seem to have been caused at some point between gc-linux and Techflash's 4.5 port.		[[Wii-Linux]] has had support for USB since the beginning. gc-linux added support for it in MIKEp1, the first release. Unfortunately, in more recent versions, support has gotten a bit odd. Due to changes that are as of yet unidentified, USB hubs can sometimes cause strange behavior, and sometimes the driver throws <code>-EINVAL</code> (error -22) when a device is inserted. It is as of yet unknown why these occur, but they seem to have been caused at some point between gc-linux and Techflash's 4.5 port.

			[[Category:Wii Hardware]]

Techflash: Add USB page

2024-11-06T23:43:00Z

Add USB page

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The [[Wii]] features 3 USB Host Controllers:
* 1x "EHCI" USB 2.0 controller, managing the 2 user-accessible ports on the back of the console.
* 2x "OHCI" USB 1.1 controllers, 1 managing the internal [[Wii Hardware/Wi-Fi|Broadcom 4318]] Wi-Fi chipset, and the other handling when legacy devices are plugged into the 2 back ports.

[[Wii-Linux]] has had support for USB since the beginning. gc-linux added support for it in MIKEp1, the first release. Unfortunately, in more recent versions, support has gotten a bit odd. Due to changes that are as of yet unidentified, USB hubs can sometimes cause strange behavior, and sometimes the driver throws <code>-EINVAL</code> (error -22) when a device is inserted. It is as of yet unknown why these occur, but they seem to have been caused at some point between gc-linux and Techflash's 4.5 port.