
		    The v2.2 Linux USB drivers backport
		   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
		 (c) 1999 Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
			     Sponsored by SuSE

This patch has updated the usb drivers in the 1.2.13 Linux kernel to what
2.3.27 has, which is the most recent at the time of this writing. This is
needed, because the v2.2 USB drivers are vastly obsolete, and mostly non
working.

Since the backport tries to minimize changes in the source files,
concentrating all the version glue to usb.h, there is a very small risk that
the backport itself will introduce any bugs. It is possible, tough. Please
give it as much testing as you can, I'm interested in bug reports, that are
related to the backport. If the bug is also in pure 2.3.27, then it's not my
problem, though. 

All of the drivers compile well, and should work well, with the exception of
the USS720 driver, which relies on 2.3 parport interface, which is too
different to make it work on 2.2 with just a small, non-intrusive patch like
this. Don't enable the USS720 driver if you want your kernel to compile.

Enjoy,
	Vojtech
