Next Previous Contents 2. You also should know how to compile stuff, like the kernel. Most critical is determining which type of USB host controller you have. Intel chipset motherboards, i.e. the BX chipset, are typically UHCI controllers.
Most addon cards are OHCI controllers.
It should say which type you have. The latest version, of this writing was v2.3.99pre3. I tried briefly, but that broke a number of things on my system, and I was too lazy to fix them. What I did instead was to get 'The v2.2 Linux USB drivers backport'. So, the bear minimum kernel version is 2.2.14, which is what I'm using.