From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 12 20:16:14 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0BD11065673 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:16:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 115898FC15 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:16:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (p5DCBF61D.dip.t-dialin.net [93.203.246.29]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id q5CKG578057644 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:16:06 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q5CKFskC050050 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:15:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q5CKFmZ1088927 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:15:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201206122015.q5CKFmZ1088927@fire.js.berklix.net> To: usb@freebsd.org From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/cv/ Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:15:48 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: Subject: USB-3 PCI-Express cards, from conrad.com OK with FreeBSD-8.3 dev xhci X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:16:14 -0000 Hi FreeBSD USB people, Success report for a USB-3 PCI-Express card with FreeBSD-8.3 & device xhci. The card seems to be an own brand or import + relabel by Conrad, a German PC shop chain (they do mail order too, also in English URLs below). With a Samsung Disc 2.5" 1.0 TB SATA HN-M101MBB (5400 RPM, 8MB 9.5mm) USB-3 screwed metal enclosure) I've seen: 78.3 Mbyte/s host=blak, USB3 dd no bs reading from USB3 1T msdosfs 81.1 Mbyte/s host=blak, USB3 dd bs=64k reading from USB3 1T msdosfs (Of course raw USB3 spec. is higher: 4800 Mbit/s. USB2 480, USB1 12) ----------------------------------------------- USB-3 Box Label: Conrad 2 Port USB 3.0 PCI-Express conroller card Product Number 973583 Up to 5 GBit/s. Up to 10x faster than USB2.0 "Super Speed" chip set: NEC Windows 7 Compatible On Board: On PCB: Front: D108-00D Back Conrad Model UB 108 Big IC: D720200F1 1124KU609 Japan Small 8 pin IC (extremely hard to read) : TMELI025 5F5128 SSH Description: A tiny board, comes also with an alternate shorter flange, low profile for shallow servers. SATA power connector (15 pins, 5 of 15 are shorter). (My tower did not have a hole to insert flange plate at PCI Express position, I had to dis-assemble & hack one in, I hope other people have it easier). http://www.conrad.de/ce/de/product/973583/2-PORT-USB-30-PCI-EXPRESS-CONTROLLER 29.95 Euro http://www.conrad.com/2-PORT-USB-3.0-PCI-EXPRESS-CONTROLLER.htm?websale7=conrad-int&pi=973583&Ctx={ver/7/ver}{st/3ec/st}{cmd/0/cmd}{m/websale/m}{s/conrad-int/s}{l/int/l}{sf/%3Cs1%3E973583%3C/s1%3E/sf}{p1/b622b51345af32c231a9eb1ed6f9777c/p1}{md5/40afaf9e2b957f34e600076f91df60b2/md5} 28.45 GBP Cheaper in Germany as 1.24520 EU = 1 GBP Exchange rate from http://xe.com Cheers, Julian - -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, cumulative like a play script, & indent with "> ". Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable. Mail from @yahoo dumped @berklix. http://berklix.org/yahoo/