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Date:      Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:17:28 +0200
From:      Rafal Jaworowski <raj@semihalf.com>
To:        Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [BETA testing] USB 3.0 Super Speed support in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <114332B9-A38B-471A-B4FE-F6E210F58233@semihalf.com>
In-Reply-To: <201008072144.00002.hselasky@c2i.net>
References:  <201008072144.00002.hselasky@c2i.net>

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On 2010-08-07, at 21:43, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:

> During the last two weeks I've been working hard to get USB 3.0 =
support added=20
> to the FreeBSD 8+ USB stack. There are a couple of issues left, but =
right now=20
> the code is in a state were enumeration of USB devices is possible and =
there=20
> are no dirty hacks :-)
>=20
> The XHCI chip, which is the PCI interface for USB 3.0, is a =
replacement for=20
> OHCI/UHCI/EHCI and can also drive USB Super Speed (4.8 Gbps). I expect =
there=20
> to be a througput and performance increase when switching over to the =
XHCI=20
> interface also for 2.0 compatible devices, because it has a better =
data=20
> queuing mechanism.

Nice work! What exactly is the USB3 controller chip you're working with?

Rafal




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