[olug] OT: USB 3.0

[Trent Melcher]

Looks like USB 3.0 is supported starting with 2.6.31 kernel

The support is available in RHEL6.1 with 'xhci_hcd' kernel module

Trent

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On 07/07/2011 03:39 PM, Chad Homan wrote:
> that's what I was thinking
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> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
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>> Shoot, I was hoping for a USB3-to-SATA or USB3-to-IDE adapter so I 
>> could use new USB3 drives in older systems.
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>> Dan
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>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 15:02, Chad Homan <choman at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> This looks like it has some good possibilities:
>>> http://www.everythingusb.com/20-pin-usb-3.0-header-connector-21232.h
>>> tml\
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how new a kernel?? or how current a distro to run? RHEL 5.x/CentOS 5.x don't
work... at least w/i the standard repos even w/ rpmforge,  atrpms, epel,
plus added. :-(

but it does look like it's got some potential...

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