On Sep 30, 2013, at 12:11 PM, Jim Klimov <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2013-09-29 21:33, Piotr Jasiukajtis wrote:
>> I used USB wireless adapter in the past. Years ago actually, and only
>> because an internal chip was not supported.
>
> Does this discussion regard USB WiFi, or also Bluetooth, or 3G/GPRS
> modems (and/or USB-connected cell phone tethering), etc.?
All USB devices are of concern.. the xHCI controller supports both USB 2.0 and
USB 3.0 devices.
>
> My home-NAS is built on an (old) Asus P5b-Deluxe motherboard, which
> beside two different Marvell NICs includes a WiFi minicard over some
> internal pins that can otherwise be used for USB9/USB10 (IIRC). This
> box is not currently available to me for remote use (some disk died,
> and I am out of the country so can't repair the system now), but I do
> remember the system seeing the WiFi NIC as "rtwl" I think. And I have
> reasons (above) to believe that it might have been implemented over
> USB :)
>
> Likewise, I do have a BlueTooth USB dongle for a PC which does not
> have one on board. Though I can't say it had much use lately (I am
> surrounded by a couple of recent-enough laptops now).
>
>> I think USB 3.0 is all about external hard drives these days.
>
> I think my laptop's card-reader is wired over the USB3 chip also.
> And maybe any "on-motherboard" hardware might also be wired so, now
> or in the near future
Sure. I may need to get access to a USB 3 motherboard -- I don't have one
handy at the moment. My Retina iMac has USB 3, but I can't exactly run illumos
on it directly. :-)
> .
>
> PS: Garrett, thanks for looking at this at all! ;)
You're welcome!
- Garrett
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