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Date:      Sat, 24 May 2014 21:32:55 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
Cc:        freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Do _any_ USB 3.0 cards actually work?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1405242123150.97320@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <22130.1400985136@server1.tristatelogic.com>
References:  <22130.1400985136@server1.tristatelogic.com>

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On Sat, 24 May 2014, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:

> Unfortunately, the HTPC I have in the livingroom doesn't have an eSATA
> port.  (And there are no slots for any add-in cards or even space to
> put an eSATA socket/connector.)
>
> It does however have two (2) USB 3.0 built-in ports.

Do those ports work with FreeBSD?

> P.S.  Somebody on www.newegg.com said that that Vantec card contains a
> Renesas D720200A chipset.  So I guess we can check that one off as
> "supported".

Yes, Renesas, which is actually NEC.

> Wish I had known that the VIA VL800 isn't.

It might be supported, but there's a problem with that particular card.



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