SuperSpeed me: USB 3.0 Open Source Support
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USB 3.0 promises a 10x speedup and better power management than USB 2.0. But how do these devices actually work? Is there open source support for them? Come learn about these fast new devices that are finally hitting the market.
Description
This talk will provide a general overview of some of the cool new features of USB 3.0 devices, including link and function power management, and bulk endpoint “streams” that support SCSI command queuing.
Operating system developers will be interested in how to support those new features, USB hardware hackers will be interested in how to communicate with USB 3.0 devices, and everyone else gets a sneak peek into what the next generation of USB 3.0 devices will look like.
Tags
linux, USB, hardware, usb3, operating systems
Speaking experience
Speaker
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- Website: http://gardengeek.org/
- Blog: http://sarah.thesharps.us/
- Twitter: sarahsharp
- Favorites: View Sarah's favorites
Biography
Sarah Sharp is a Linux Kernel hacker at Intel’s Open Source Technology Center. Sarah is also involved with Portland’s Code ‘N Splode, a group for women programmers. She has been carfree for four years, and commutes everywhere on her bicycle. Sarah’s current massive project is creating a garden in her backyard, and writing open source tools to automate (and sometimes distract from) the garden work.
Sessions
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- Title: SuperSpeed me: USB 3.0 Open Source Support
- Track: Chemistry
- Room: St. Johns
- Time: 1:30 – 2:15pm
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Excerpt:
USB 3.0 promises a 10x speedup and better power management than USB 2.0. But how do these devices actually work? Is there open source support for them? Come learn about these fast new devices that are finally hitting the market.
- Speakers: Sarah Sharp