From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SRSH7-0000Sl-Nq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 07 May 2012 18:03:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A7AAE082D for ; Mon, 7 May 2012 18:03:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f181.google.com (mail-qc0-f181.google.com [209.85.216.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B069E0602 for ; Mon, 7 May 2012 15:43:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qcsk26 with SMTP id k26so3631150qcs.40 for ; Mon, 07 May 2012 08:43:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=FwvHZkg8AFZ/1bTvoCTr4DluiO4AZ/j3BeGKJN6376w=; b=xh/Hd5TOacLlGb7paVijONWVzzSwl9tlp2H5nm5+Rpo56xkRQ6GbBqNUhYkzKX88lS /4wax5zP0RcPkn1V47N50Xw5MwydlDnBYwnBoUtgKoP6jq8UIGLJL6E79KYzcQ7JMwCA SkpTBE4CseOZgGepGD3X9K51M5YVzZ5Z4NANvtCsxXqA+up3Ylz9Fgq5AGKSWKsl/xoT yo6YBn72zZ02RytsuubqXz/nfKmC2KhonUf5nJKMADhx5UIr7RqccELOBf4rKv4TAiP5 OPlJvV3jUj9f/TivS3pptLqpGLUbKfcvGyB0ymOUgTcD6HlVEPaSYGyDzdPU02kspd29 1+lw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.135.16 with SMTP id l16mr7741027qct.28.1336405430437; Mon, 07 May 2012 08:43:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.236.136 with HTTP; Mon, 7 May 2012 08:43:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20120506142920.8c2e0f06.frank.peters@comcast.net> <4FA7A94E.7010009@digital-trauma.de> <20120507093458.a9840e1f.frank.peters@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 08:43:50 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Drivers For USB HDD From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: cb159f56-5e1c-4ddd-96cb-9ef588ef9c50 X-Archives-Hash: f2375c750bf781f99fc7093afeeeb5b8 On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Mark Knecht 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