[OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenIndiana USB 3 support

[Jonathan Adams]

In order to get the closed USB 3 binaries from Solaris 11, you have to buy
a copy of Solaris 11 and have a support contract. You also need to agree to
the license terms which would basically stop you taking part of the
operating system and giving it away.

So there is a remote possibility that the USB drivers _might_ work from
Solaris 11, but there is a high chance that your system will bork
completely if you have a low level driver that doesn't work correctly, and
a high chance that some applications that talk to the USB will not work at
all with the new driver.

If you _were_ planning on ever trying this, I would seriously advise you to
clone your boot-environment so that you can get back to a working system
quickly.

Better to wait, support, encourage, or if you are able get involved with
creating a working USB3 for Illumos native.


On 12 December 2013 19:57, Stefan Müller-Wilken <
stefan.mueller-wilken at acando.de> wrote:

> I actually wasn't speaking of taking the source (that Oracle most likely
> wouldn't provide, anyway) but about the possibility to take and integrate
> pre-compiled modules. Wouldn't that _potentially_ be possible in this case
> for anyone desperately needing USB 3?
>