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 1SRXvn-0003kj-Fm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 May 2012 00:05:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E617DE0B23 for ; Tue, 8 May 2012 00:05:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f53.google.com (mail-yw0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5557AE0B2A for ; Mon, 7 May 2012 21:42:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yhjj72 with SMTP id j72so5703977yhj.40 for ; Mon, 07 May 2012 14:42:38 -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=LDiWA76Lid7nv0nMFQfkkhpNIZhxUWVISQQsxiS9MfM=; b=p5x3hxitg2DFqfhnqYooL3U4/WaTOP3WbGfnu3LHUQ77EQlfF87oz0YlkFUK0/3tCP z95c0LMjcD9Nn52EpTCLNKcLZmLryYrFpH1a5My9zlbN9K9+vS7JKJFCGvwIl8IAAs2w ivTDlyvBP/3WgpNMozmZVOf1RmeQvKoRQTQ6iewxo1Dmzy2IPRtTxMFwJLlP5DgQA7uf 1NyYqfG8FdX9jOdnJAYEbKl/C3i2KKdBKeqwrQPU0kazScHrGItczSZzNakrPA1tVhMi u2vMebvP4l8Tko7E8ILj+xDAbmjYI4p0oWHN4fW6/aCi4bZvkbyvg3uiWwpQh9x3i3f1 LQPQ== 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 10.42.68.71 with SMTP id w7mr7076491ici.26.1336426958507; Mon, 07 May 2012 14:42:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.11.7 with HTTP; Mon, 7 May 2012 14:42:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <523B48F0E3404A6E8DCE0D6FAAD6D780@mic2> References: <20120506142920.8c2e0f06.frank.peters@comcast.net> <4FA7A94E.7010009@digital-trauma.de> <20120507093458.a9840e1f.frank.peters@comcast.net> <523B48F0E3404A6E8DCE0D6FAAD6D780@mic2> Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 14:42:38 -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: f58c78f5-34ca-4952-91bd-baff3c964b0f X-Archives-Hash: 918d7c0dbdcfbcd40ed77e622d6c92fd On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Michael Scherer 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