[OpenIndiana-discuss] LiveUSB and oi_151a5

[Milan Jurik]

Hi,

Jim Klimov píše v út 28. 08. 2012 v 22:09 +0400:
[...]
> >    How lacking is USB3 support? Would the ports not work at all,
> > or can they drop back to compatibility modes like USB1 or USB2?
> > Can they be passed through "as is" to a VM (VirtualBox, KVM) that
> > would have drivers to support them better? ;)
> 
> The USB3 ports did not work with the OS - not even for the
> mouse. One port is powered, so the mouse laser shined there ;)
> 

no surprise, USB3 HCI chips are not supported by Illumos at all.

> Also the WiFi driver is missing, at least from the LiveCD -
> apparently the laptop uses a BCM 4313 WiFi abgn chip, IIRC.
> Does anyone know off the headtop if that driver is in OI,
> or where it can be found? I'll go google for that now ;)
> I've already seen that Broadcom opensourced their drivers
> for Linux 2 years ago, and the code drop included support
> for this chip...
> 

Opensourced under GPLv2 license? Or published documentation?

No, Broadcom WiFi chips are not supported by Illumos :-(

> Hope this report amuses some and helps others,
> //Jim Klimov
> 
> 

Best regards,

Milan