[OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenIndiana USB 3 support

[Stefan Müller-Wilken]

It's not that I would advise doing so -  for the licensing issues only to start with. As I said, it was more the possibility to do so that I wondered about.

You're absolutely right: I would never ever consider that for production server use. But I havent't seen any requirement for USB 3 in that domain so far - and that is the only area I currently use OI for...

Cheers
 Stefan

Am 12.12.2013 um 21:22 schrieb "Jonathan Adams" <t12nslookup at gmail.com>:

> 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?
>>
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