Yes. That's correct.  

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> On Sep 29, 2013, at 12:40 PM, "Andrew M. Hettinger" <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> I think Garrett is asking about WUSB (Offically known as "Certified Wireless 
> USB"), not USB 802.11 adapeters.
> 
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> Piotr Jasiukajtis <[email protected]> wrote on 09/29/2013 02:33:43 PM:
> 
> > I used USB wireless adapter in the past. Years ago actually, and 
> > only because an internal chip was not supported. I think USB 3.0 is 
> > all about external hard drives these days.
> > 
> > --
> > Piotr Jasiukajtis
> > 
> > On Sep 29, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Garrett D'Amore <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > > I've been thinking about starting work on USB 3.0, and 
> > particularly I want to revamp the USB stack because the current 
> > STREAMs based architecture won't scale to USB 3 speeds, and creates 
> > extraordinary hurdles for folks porting drivers from *BSD or Linux. 
> > I was thinking to begin with a "new" stack (call it USBA 3.0) for 
> > USB 3.0 devices, and then work to backport this to USB 1 and 2.
> > > 
> > > However, we have this weird bit of code for Wireless USB.  And 
> > yet, I've *never* seen it in the wild.  Ever. 
> > > 
> > > Does anyone use this, or know of anyone who does?  On *any* OS?  I
> > think wireless USB was an epic fail.  But before I go gutting it out
> > of illumos, or designing a new stack without support for it, I'd 
> > like to know if my understanding of the situation around wireless 
> > USB is accurate.
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > >    - Garrett
> > > 
> > > 
> 
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