You might have read my post about USB 3.0 support in Linux. Though USB 3.0 is not yet out, the Linux kernel to be released during Labor day (September 7th) will support USB 3.0, according to The H-online. Changes to USB subsystem includes code to support USB 3.0 controllers with their Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI). There is no actual product available with USB 3.0. ASUS announced P6X58 motherboard with USB 3.0 support, but later canceled production due to lack of third party drivers.
The kernel also contains changes to Firewire code. The changes also include support for “IPv4 over IEEE 1394″ (networks via FireWire) in the more recent of the Linux kernel’s two FireWire stacks.
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It’s good to hear that Linux is leading in new hardware support once again.
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