Konstantin, This is exactly what i was looking for - how to identify if I have usb3 wo taking the box apart. On May 22, 2015 8:21 PM, "Konstantin Olchanski" <olcha...@triumf.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 11:37:24AM -0400, Andrew Z wrote: > > Gents, > > does this system have USB 3 ? > > [code] > > [root@server ~]# lsusb > > Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub > > You have a USB3 root hub, but whether you have working USB3 ports, > it depends. Simplest is to look at mobo specs, the mobo > info can usually be extracted from the output of "dmidecode". > > Then you need to check possible errata - back in early USB2 days, > mobos with some AMD chipsets had USB2 hardware that did not work. > > Now in early USB3 days I have some mobos that need special linux > kernel command line switches to make USB2 work (or to make USB3 work, > I forget which). > > -- > Konstantin Olchanski > Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! > Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca > Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada >
