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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 14:42:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK2H+efnGaWEhn4yga_+5=j2WUzBmTO62FVBz2-i+mcF0SX2jw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <523B48F0E3404A6E8DCE0D6FAAD6D780@mic2>

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Michael Scherer
<a6702894@unet.univie.ac.at> wrote:
> Seems this either a typo, or a contradiction:
> "The USB 3.0 sockets are backward-compatible with older ... cables"
> would mean I can use the old cables for 3.0, but then
>
> "but older USB cables are not forward-compatible with USB 3.0"
> says I can NOT use the old cables.
> I have no 3.0, but some day I probably will, so I'd like to know what
> exactly you mean.
>
> kind regards
>
> michael
>
> --
> Michael Scherer
> Univ.klinik f. Psychiatrie
> email: michael.scherer@meduniwien.ac.at
> phone: +43 6991 941 22 54
>

I believe what Paul was saying was that _IF_ a USB 3.0 Controller is
designed to support both 3.0 AND 2.0 devices then the socket is
compatible with both 2.0 & 3.0 cables. However if you use a 2.0 cable
you have to use a 2.0 device. You cannot, TTBOMK, use a 2.0 cable with
a 3.0 device.

At least that's how I read his response.

HTH,
Mark



  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-08  0:05 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
2012-05-07 21:18           ` Michael Scherer
2012-05-07 21:42             ` Mark Knecht [this message]
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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