Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 06/10/2013 21:24, Dale wrote: >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On 06/10/2013 20:36, Dale wrote: >>>> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>>>> These days all you need is ehci for usb2 and xhci for usb3 (unless you >>>>> are using ancient hardware with physical usb1 ports) >>>> Well, I rebuilt the kernel and removed the OHCI and UHCI. When I >>>> rebooted, it couldn't see my UPS and nut couldn't start its services. >>>> So, it appears that mine must be "ancient" hardware. My messages file >>>> is still full of the same error after this change. That would be adding >>>> back the OHCI part. >>> lsusb, lshw, dmideciode and friends will tell you what hardware you >>> really have >>> >> Yep, they say it needs OHCI. I also checked here and it says the same >> thing. >> >> http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/Giga-byte/GA-770T-USB3 >> >> I guess my hardware is just a little out of date. ;-) > I thought your hardware was new enough to have dropped USB1 ports. Oh well. >
Well, when I bought my mobo, it was on sale for clearing out old stock. For this mobo, USB3 was pretty new from my understanding. I think my mobo is just a bit weird. It is sort of Heinz 57 on what it has for USB. lol >> >> >>>> BTW, I didn't have XHCI enabled so maybe now some things will be faster >>>> when using USB ports. ;-) >>> Nope. The hardware only runs at whatever speed it runs at. >>> >>> A USB2 device plugged into a USB3 port runs at USB2 speeds. >>> A USB1 and a USB2 device plugged into the same USB port makes both runs >>> at USB1 speeds >>> >>> There's no magic software to change that. >>> >>> But if you plug a USB3 drive into a USB3 port controlled by an OHCI >>> driver, it will run at USB2 speeds. Switching to XHCI is the only thing >>> you could do to improve speeds >> That's what I meant tho. I have USB3 ports but it seems they have been >> running at USB2 speeds since I never enabled USB3 drivers. I sort of >> missed that. No clue if the stuff I am plugging in supports USB3 or not >> tho. Maybe my USB sticks do tho. > Your USB sticks are not USB3. I have yet to see one anywhere that is. I > don;t thing they are even remotely fast enough to warrant it > > If you have USB3 drives, you already know all about it. It would have > had USB3 logos emblazened all over the box, it would have cost more than > a comparable USB2 drive of the same capacity, I will be newish (last 2 > years?) and the connectors are different: > > The full-size classic USB plug has a blue insulator and if you look > inside it has extra pins at the rear. The end that plugs into the drive > is usually micro-USB3 and it clearly consists of 2 sections - a regular > micro-usb set of pins (that does accept old micro-usb cables) and a > second set that is slightly shorter. > > You can't get this wrong, the cables are very different and yet still > backwards compatible. If your drives don't have such unusual sockets, > they are not USB3 > > > That's my thinking. I rarely if ever buy the latest greatest thing. I go down a level or two, sometimes three, to save money. Heck, my old rig was a AMD 2500+ single core system. This AMD 4 core at 3.2GHz is MUCH faster. It also can have more memory too. I could take the sides off and look. I know the connectors are different on the mobo but I'm not positive what goes to the front. If I recall correctly, I put the fast ones to the front but that's just my thinking too. ;-) That error message repeats about every two seconds. I'm glad I have logrotate installed or /var would have filled up ages ago. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
