Fedora 17 and USB 3.0

[Rick Stevens]

On 06/28/2012 06:44 PM, Fernando Cassia issued this missive::
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> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Rick Stevens <ricks at alldigital.com
> <mailto:ricks at alldigital.com>> wrote:
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>     You won't get USB 3 speeds
>     without a USB 3 driver for the port and I don't think any of the
>     current drivers are USB 3. I could be wrong there.
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> Apparently the drivers are there....
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> September 10th, 2009, 06:44 GMT
> Linux Kernel 2.6.31 Has USB 3.0 Support
> http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-2-6-31-Has-USB-3-0-Support-121287.shtml
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> Linux kernel drivers database
> http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/USB_XHCI_HCD.html
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> xHCI HCD (USB 3.0) support (EXPERIMENTAL)
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>   * found in Linux kernels: 2.6.31–2.6.39, 3.0–3.4, 3.5-rc+HEAD
>   * modules built: |xhci-hcd|, |xhci|
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> The eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) is standard for USB 3.0
> "SuperSpeed" host controller hardware.
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> To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
> called xhci-hcd.

Didn't know that xhci was USB3. Nice to know. Thanks!
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