> Someone who doesn't develop in the kernel makes proposal for > a platform they deride as sucking, so why not just do the worst > possible job because who cares
That platform is perfect for what I need, that's why I installed OpenBSD on it and started configuring it for the task in question. We are soooo long past the "faster CPU = better" era, that your connection "hideously slow == sucking" just makes no sense. Let's face it: octeon is not a high powered platform, it is unsuitable for running a large data center server, it's also unsuitable for high performance NAS. It's a small router CPU in which it does an incredible job and consumes little power. As set up in the EdgeRouter 4 it is unable to handle the data sent through USB3, both by volume and by data rate. It is therefore a very reasonable suggestion to downrate it to USB2 if this solves an immediate problem. Getting stuff done and the like ... If one of your vast pool of experienced kernel developers accepts my offer for help, and if this effort benefits platforms that have the actual hmpft to handle USB3 data loads, then my offer for help still stands.
