USB 3.0 - Part II

[maximilian]

Hi,

I was trying to install FreeNas to a USB 3.0 device.
(see also http://forums.freenas.org/showthread.php?467-USB-3.0-Support-in-FreeNAS-8).

Since it didn't show up during the installation at all I put it back to the 2.0 port.
That solved the installation issue.

Now using it on 3.0 to boot it seems to use 2.0 speed only.

dmesg partially:

usbus0: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
usbus1: 4.8Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
usbus2: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0

ugen1.1: <0x1033> at usbus1
uhub1: <0x1033 XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1

uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered (strange - got actually 2 usb 3.0 ports )
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered

ugen1.2: <Kingston> at usbus1
umass0: <Kingston DT Ultimate G2, class 0/0, rev 2.10/1.10, addr 1> on usbus1


da0: <Kingston DT Ultimate G2 PMAP> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device
da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
da0: 15280MB (31293440 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1947C)

Its probably rather a linux question than a particular Freenas question.

Can anyone help/explain?

Hardware:
i3
intel dh61dl (2 x USB 3.0)
8 GB Ram (Kingston)
16 GB Kingston DT Ultimate G2 USB 3.0 Stick
2 WD, 1 Seagate HDDs for ZFS pool
Freenas 8.02 X64

The xhci(4) driver, which supports Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) and USB 3.0, has been added.[r215944] in FreeBSD 8.2

 

[William Grzybowski]

IIRC usb 3.0 support is disabled by default due to a bug with a few mobos...

xhci_load="YES" should be in /boot/loader.conf to enable it

If it already is or doesn't solve your problem, then i dont know

It worth to say your Kingston has to support USB 3.0 as well

 

[maximilian]

in fact, it already was (by default):

# Boot loader file for FreeNAS. This relies on a hacked beastie.4th.
#
autoboot_delay="2"
loader_logo="freenas"
#Fix booting from USB device bug
kern.cam.boot_delay=10000

# GEOM support
geom_mirror_load="YES"
geom_stripe_load="YES"
geom_raid3_load="YES"
#geom_raid5_load="YES"
geom_gate_load="YES"
ntfs_load="YES"
smbfs_load="YES"
xhci_load="YES"

hw.hptrr.attach_generic=0

hm. was worth a try. thanks .