USB 3.0 (Re: NetBSD 6.0)

[Magnus Eriksson <magetoo%fastmail.fm@localhost>]

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> I can't even access the USB 3.0 hard drive under NetBSD as USB < 3.0.

Really?  I was under the impression that USB 3 was supposed to be 
backwards compatible.  Do you get errors, or nothing at all when you plug 
it in?

...or are there already USB 3-only machines out there?


> It appears FreeBSD and Linux are the only viable open-source 
> general-purpose OSes on my new computer.

Well, no one is going to think less of you for switching if another OS 
suits your circumstances or hardware better.


MAgnus