Linux The First To Support USB 3.0 Although There Is No Hardware Available
Linux will soon become the first OS to support USB 3.0, but if you are willing to take a risk and follow some certain instructions you can get it now. According to Sarah Sharp, USB 3.0 will be integrated into Linux soon which means that Linux users will have transfer rates of up to 5.0Gbps, the standard set by the USB Implementers Forum back in November 2008.
“The Geekess” works as a Linux developer at the Intel Open Source Technology Center and she compiled a detailed set of instructions of how you can implement USB 3.0 support into Linux right away. She said that she’s working with Keve Gabbert in order to ensure that Ubuntu and Red Hat will “pick up” the xHCI driver as soon as possible, but if you are an advanced user then you can developer your own Linux distro kernel.
Sarah Sharp says that USB 3.0 support will officially show up in the Linux Kernel 2.6.31 which will be released in September this year. The Geekess says that she’s been working on this project for the “past year and a half” and that she’s very excited to see the code and the hardware shaping.
Lately Intel has been into free software and it’s good to know that there are people who develop and promote good and free software like Linux.
How to integrate USB 3.0 support into Linux here.
