Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Mon 15th Jun 2009 23:12 UTC
It's not available in the latest kernel just yet, but if you just so happen to have gotten your hands on a USB 3.0 device you want to use at full spectrum (you lucky jerk) 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. The USB 3.0 subsystem will be integrated into the Linux kernel "soon," but if you've got some time on your hands, instructions have been provided to do it yourself.
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Member since:2005-07-17
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.
Member since:2005-07-06
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.
RE[2]: Devices of USB 3.0
by vikramsharma on Thu 18th Jun 2009 02:04
in reply to "RE: Devices of USB 3.0"
Member since:2005-07-06
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.
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2005-07-06
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.