Do _any_ USB 3.0 cards actually work?

[Gary Jennejohn]

On Mon, 26 May 2014 16:41:33 -0600 (MDT)
Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 26 May 2014, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> 
> >> Does FreeBSD *ever* work with *any* USB 3.0 equipment?  Or is this
> >
> > Yes it works. Tue, 12 Jun 2012 I filed a success report:
> > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-usb/2012-June/011283.html
> 
> Jeesh, two years ago.  I remember looking it up at the time, and this 
> appears to be the same card from Newegg:
> 
> www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158297
>

I actually have two of these (one under FBSD-11) since Julian
pointed me at it and Conrad is fairly convenient for me (we both
live in or close to Munich).

Beware however.  I had numerous cheap USB3 enclosures-with-disk
fail to work with this card/the USB stack in FBSD.  I ended up
taking the drives out of the enclosures and using them in a
docking station.

I also have two Toshiba v63700-C 1TB 2.5" sealed external drives
which just work with no fuss or muss.

The problem seems to be more with the electronics in the enclosures
than with the card itself.

-- 
Gary Jennejohn