OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21676/Linux_to_Be_the_First_Support_USB_3_0 Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:05:34 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com w00t http://osnews.com/thread?368697 http://osnews.com/thread?368697 Great job, guys! +1 for Linux ;)

How much longer before USB 3.0 devices are on the market?Edited 2009-06-16 03:58 UTC Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (WorknMan) Comments USB 3.0 support http://osnews.com/thread?368699 http://osnews.com/thread?368699 "...or want to do this for the sake of geekiness, it's now possible to get USB 3.0 support for Debian and Ubuntu systems."

And of course to many other distros also (or did I miss a point why it would not work on other distros?).Edited 2009-06-16 04:04 UTC Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (RJop) Comments Comment by darrelljon http://osnews.com/thread?368713 http://osnews.com/thread?368713 Isn't Windows supposed to have the best hardware support for cutting edge technology? lol Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darrelljon) Comments RE: Comment by darrelljon http://osnews.com/thread?368723 http://osnews.com/thread?368723
Isn't Windows supposed to have the best hardware support for cutting edge technology? lol

Windows users can be certain that Microsoft will provide an update for this by the time USB 3.0 hardware hits the market.

Linux has always been behind the curve when it comes to supporting new hardware, and that's why this news is significant. This time, Linux users can also be certain that their USB 3.0 devices will work from day one.

Kudos to Sarah Sharp for the time and effort she has given to complete this project! Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (cb_osn) Comments Who is Sarah? http://osnews.com/thread?368724 http://osnews.com/thread?368724 From: http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/23

"Sarah Sharp is a Linux Kernel hacker at Intel’s Open Source Technology Center. In her spare time, she volunteers for the Portland State Aerospace Society, an open source/open hardware group that builds amateur rockets. Sarah is also a member of Portland’s Code ’N Splode group."

I think it was done mainly in support of upcoming USBv3 support on Intel's platform. You can also, count on Windoze support coming with Intel's platform through the OEMs.

-Ad Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (adkilla) Comments RE: Comment by darrelljon http://osnews.com/thread?368739 http://osnews.com/thread?368739 Depends on how you mesure it. If every piece of supported hardware scored one point Linux will win by far. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Andre4s) Comments Devices of USB 3.0 http://osnews.com/thread?368740 http://osnews.com/thread?368740 What devices can be expected to be supported on USB 3.0 besides Hi-Def Video Cameras and Digital Cameras. Hope we get external storage devices that support USB 3.0 standard, anyone know how USB 3.0 would fare compared to e-SATA. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vikramsharma) Comments RE[2]: Comment by darrelljon http://osnews.com/thread?368768 http://osnews.com/thread?368768 Linux just pwned Windows. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darrelljon) Comments RE: Devices of USB 3.0 http://osnews.com/thread?368769 http://osnews.com/thread?368769 The ENGINEERS love Linux because they have complete control and access to hardware/kernel level to debug.

A good portion of hardware engineering is done on Linux now, but we're not really seeing that translate to hardware officially for sale or even OSS drivers because that's not how big software companies operate.

Don't expect to have anything other than mass media to plug that USB3 cable into though... device marketers love windows, and that YOU CAN'T make it work without them, and simply won't write the drivers and codex needed to make things work on Linux.

This is a hollow victory. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (mabhatter) Comments RE[2]: Comment by darrelljon http://osnews.com/thread?368778 http://osnews.com/thread?368778 "Windows users can be certain that Microsoft will provide an update for this by the time USB 3.0 hardware hits the market."

As it was back then with USB 1.0, Windows 95 and Windows NT4, right? Actually, back then I switched to Linux for USB support. :-)

(But yes, just kidding, I also more or less expect them to have a driver ready on time.) Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Ford Prefect) Comments RE: Devices of USB 3.0 http://osnews.com/thread?368783 http://osnews.com/thread?368783
What devices can be expected to be supported on USB 3.0 besides Hi-Def Video Cameras and Digital Cameras. Hope we get external storage devices that support USB 3.0 standard, anyone know how USB 3.0 would fare compared to e-SATA.


I wish that the Linux USB developers would finally finish off the UVC support given that there are huge sways of features that are missing from their implementation:

http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/

It is 2009 and I expect a yes next to each one of them. With that being said, it doesn't help when many don't conform to the standard. I've also said this in the past that there needs to be more standardisation. A USB printer standard that has a single driver and the processing is left up to the printer, a single driver for syncing with music devices which does away with funky proprietary protocols. I guess I can only dream given its not going to happen. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments RE[2]: Devices of USB 3.0 http://osnews.com/thread?369089 http://osnews.com/thread?369089

It is 2009 and I expect a yes next to each one of them. With that being said, it doesn't help when many don't conform to the standard. I've also said this in the past that there needs to be more standardisation. A USB printer standard that has a single driver and the processing is left up to the printer, a single driver for syncing with music devices which does away with funky proprietary protocols. I guess I can only dream given its not going to happen.


I have never understood this part why can't companies follow a set standard or a set of protocols. Just because of lack of standardization we (the end user) has to suffer. These hardware companies following proprietary protocols is a step backwards, imho. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vikramsharma) Comments