From owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Fri Sep 4 17:01:34 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CFF99CA5DC; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 17:01:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael@fuckner.net) Received: from mo6-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de (mo6-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de [IPv6:2a01:238:20a:202:5300::4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.smtp.rzone.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 987F31809; Fri, 4 Sep 2015 17:01:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael@fuckner.net) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1441386088; l=1353; s=domk; d=fuckner.net; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version: Date:From:References:To:Subject; bh=0/ejptyhjkKDskAtgjz4ATXvYqu9alVzNaZ43OK6AaQ=; b=p7GeqthU+rYuh5BoW8gtj8Zp6Fkl8mDrB1PgBvwffwyicwT6cloGP4H5zoKtDJbIy93 pjQzEAwkzQHh4WzX/WjNDHvvlN9l/TQPppI2Crxt1ryLLhKUtbLWVyyvidvEk6mhOks9J PtwC0Z0eMNuxNVVsnhPHhz2N0qYsznnuxtY= X-RZG-AUTH: :IWUHfUGtd9+6EujMWHx57N4dWae4bmTL/JIGbzkGUoozgknstV9BEzWRmW1UTYMlC5OBHLiQQSSizZ5u417xOudXp8rgyuXnPg== X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from [IPv6:2a02:2028:725:c501:e1f9:47e9:6020:971d] (some-ipv6-address.wtnet.de [IPv6:2a02:2028:725:c501:e1f9:47e9:6020:971d]) by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 37.11 AUTH) with ESMTPSA id k010ffr84H1RSwP (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (curve secp521r1 with 521 ECDH bits, eq. 15360 bits RSA)) (Client did not present a certificate); Fri, 4 Sep 2015 19:01:27 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: PCIe to USB to PCIe To: Dieter BSD , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org References: From: Michael Fuckner Message-ID: <55E9CE6A.2040306@fuckner.net> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 19:01:30 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 17:01:34 -0000 Hi, I don't see any active components, so I believe it is still PCIe (just via an USB Connector) Regards, Michael! On 9/4/2015 6:06 PM, Dieter BSD wrote: > A very small PCIe x1 card with USB 3.0 controller, a USB cable, > and a small pcb with a PCIe x16 slot. Intended to allow using > x16 video cards with x1 slots, and reducing power/space/cooling > demands on mainboard. > > Claim: "No Driver necessary" > > Can these things possibly work? > > If they do, it seems to me that this would be a great way to > add additional general purpose PCIe slots to any computer that has > USB ports, which nearly all do these days. If no driver is needed, > they should work with any OS. Obviously there is a speed limitation, > but many applications can live with that. > > Sounds too good to be true. Am I missing something? > > http://kaishijia.en.alibaba.com/product/1869213364-221855851/PCIE_PCI_E_Riser_Card_to_USB3_0_and_SATA_Power_Cable_with_PCB_Board_for_Bitcoin_Machine.html > > More here: > http://kaishijia.en.alibaba.com/productgrouplist-221855851/Bitcoin_Mining_cables.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >