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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Drivers For USB HDD
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 08:43:50 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK2H+ed+vz5r9wxJXSpV50M-1mz1pv9Jku7oQCdf6b1oRyV5Jg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEH5T2NKgWb9O9MKMpnZ_byS9ADYciOUu5c1XiD_2tuy3oo=Ew@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Paul Hartman
<paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>> here are 3 or now I
>> think 4 different USB specs - EHCI, OHCI, UHCI, and then whatever USB
>> 3.0 is using
>
> XHCI
>
> Furthermore, USB 3.0 has 9-pin ports and cables (for type-A) versus
> the 4-pin of USB 1/2. The USB 3.0 sockets are backward-compatible with
> older USB devices and cables, but older USB cables are not
> forward-compatible with USB 3.0.
>

Good point. None of my USB 2.0 drives work in my USB 3.0 port. I do
have a USB 3.0 drivers, supposedly, and one drive that claims to be
eSata/USB 3.0 compatible, but I've not tried to get it working using
USB 3.0.

- Mark



  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-07 18:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-06 18:29 [gentoo-amd64] Drivers For USB HDD Frank Peters
2012-05-06 19:18 ` Stan Sander
2012-05-06 22:12   ` Frank Peters
2012-05-06 23:46 ` Paul Hartman
2012-05-07 10:51 ` Thomas Rösner
2012-05-07 13:34   ` Frank Peters
     [not found]     ` <CAK2H+edzy3S9fX86frKLEvYfLN1_dg03k5B3z7DfATbF501S_A@mail.gmail.com>
2012-05-07 15:21       ` Paul Hartman
2012-05-07 15:43         ` Mark Knecht [this message]
2012-05-07 21:18           ` Michael Scherer
2012-05-07 21:42             ` Mark Knecht
2012-05-07 21:45             ` Paul Hartman
2012-05-07 21:58               ` Michael Scherer
2012-05-08 10:56                 ` Thomas Rösner
2012-05-10  2:49     ` Frank Peters
2012-05-10 13:07       ` Benny Pedersen
2012-05-10 15:30         ` Sylvain Alain
2012-05-10 15:42         ` Frank Peters
2012-05-10 16:31           ` Lie Ryan
2012-05-10 16:46             ` Bob Sanders
2012-05-11  0:22             ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2012-05-11  8:33             ` [gentoo-amd64] " Alex Alexander
2012-05-11 11:20               ` Rich Freeman
2012-05-07 11:31 ` David Relson

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