On Sep 29, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Saso Kiselkov <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 9/29/13 8:10 PM, Garrett D'Amore wrote: >> I've been thinking about starting work on USB 3.0, and particularly I want >> to revamp the USB stack because the current STREAMs based architecture won't >> scale to USB 3 speeds, and creates extraordinary hurdles for folks porting >> drivers from *BSD or Linux. I was thinking to begin with a "new" stack >> (call it USBA 3.0) for USB 3.0 devices, and then work to backport this to >> USB 1 and 2. >> >> However, we have this weird bit of code for Wireless USB. And yet, I've >> *never* seen it in the wild. Ever. >> >> Does anyone use this, or know of anyone who does? On *any* OS? I think >> wireless USB was an epic fail. But before I go gutting it out of illumos, >> or designing a new stack without support for it, I'd like to know if my >> understanding of the situation around wireless USB is accurate. > > I actually had a wireless USB capable monitor by Samsung, specifically > one of these: > http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/pc-peripherals/monitors/gaming/LC24B750XS/EN > The monitor contains a wireless USB hub, a built-in Ethernet NIC, audio > ports and wireless video transfer capability. Take out your laptop, > place it on the desk and without having to attach any cables, the laptop > locates the monitor and wirelessly connects to it, sort of like a > docking station. This did require a USB dongle on the laptop with > proprietary drivers though, so I'm not sure how much of this was > standardized. It looks like UWB.. not sure if it is standard WUSB or not. Kind of cool though, but a little lame you have to insert a special dongle to make it work. I think Apple got it right with Thunderbolt. :-) I'm going to guess that we can probably kill off the wireless USB code… but I'm open to counter opinions. - Garrett > > Cheers, > -- > Saso > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/22003744-9012f59c > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
