Do _any_ USB 3.0 cards actually work?

[Warren Block]

On Sat, 24 May 2014, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:

> Unfortunately, the HTPC I have in the livingroom doesn't have an eSATA
> port.  (And there are no slots for any add-in cards or even space to
> put an eSATA socket/connector.)
>
> It does however have two (2) USB 3.0 built-in ports.

Do those ports work with FreeBSD?

> P.S.  Somebody on www.newegg.com said that that Vantec card contains a
> Renesas D720200A chipset.  So I guess we can check that one off as
> "supported".

Yes, Renesas, which is actually NEC.

> Wish I had known that the VIA VL800 isn't.

It might be supported, but there's a problem with that particular card.