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On 2010-08-07, at 21:43, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:

> During the last two weeks I've been working hard to get USB 3.0 =
support added=20
> to the FreeBSD 8+ USB stack. There are a couple of issues left, but =
right now=20
> the code is in a state were enumeration of USB devices is possible and =
there=20
> are no dirty hacks :-)
>=20
> The XHCI chip, which is the PCI interface for USB 3.0, is a =
replacement for=20
> OHCI/UHCI/EHCI and can also drive USB Super Speed (4.8 Gbps). I expect =
there=20
> to be a througput and performance increase when switching over to the =
XHCI=20
> interface also for 2.0 compatible devices, because it has a better =
data=20
> queuing mechanism.

Nice work! What exactly is the USB3 controller chip you're working with?

Rafal