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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:59:14
Message-Id: CA+czFiAT203JbcDG62RJN52DgqJgSdPH4gg84ECPLm8PfKLqxw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} USB 3.0 hard drive speed test by covici@ccs.covici.com
1 On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:27 PM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > What usb3 is supported by Linux?  Is it a pci card?
4
5 The UHCI interface standard provides support for USB 1.1. EHCI, USB 2.0.
6
7 XHCI supports USB 3.0, as well as 2.0 and 1.1. Any chipset
8 manufacturer which wants to support USB 3.0 will be using XHCI, which
9 the Linux kernel has an option for.
10
11 I've now built two systems that have USB 3.0 on the motherboard. A
12 quick search of Newegg for XHCI shows that you can PCIe expansion
13 cards to add USB 3.0 to your system.
14
15 --
16 :wq

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