[OmniOS-discuss] LTS r151014 installation issue from USB stick

[Krzysztof Grzempa]

2016-08-05 18:07 GMT+02:00 Eric Sproul <eric.sproul at circonus.com>:

> On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Jeff Berkembrock <jeff at 1beyond.com>
> wrote:
> > Krzysztof,
> >
> > What if you used the internal USB 2.0 headers to convert them to external
> > USB ports - do they work? The headers are definitely USB 2.0.
> > From motherboard specs & manual: 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0
> > ports)
>
> Ultimately what matters is the HCI controller chip that all these
> ports are physically attached to, regardless of how they are labeled
> on the PCB or in the manual.  The problem with my Supermicro X11 board
> is that even the ports indicated as USB 2.0 (their plugs are black
> instead of blue as with 3.0) are physically wired to the same xHCI
> (USB 3.0) controller, which is the unsupported bit.
>
> You need to have an actual UCHI/EHCI controller chip in the system for
> illumos to be able to use it, until illumos gets xHCI support.
>
> Eric
>


Right, probably it is my case too. (lshw showed me xHCI bus on Debian).
Will this PCIE usb2.0 card work for me then ?
I'm lack of knowledge if PCIE usb card use UCHI/EHCI or XHCI.

regards
Krzysztof
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