[CentOS] USB-3.0 on C6.5 ??

Sat May 24 11:54:13 UTC 2014
Mihai T. Lazarescu <mtlagm at gmail.com>

On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 09:52:11PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote:

> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 09:19:49AM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> > On 05/22/2014 09:09 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> > > Just wondering if there are any known issues with USB 3.0 storage devices
> > > in Centos 6.5??
> > >
> > > I just got one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817332028
> > >
> > > it does either esata or USB 3.0. My new motherboard (ASUS M5A99X EVO
> > > R2.0) supports both, so I've tried both (of course, can't have a feature
> > > without at least giving it a whirl! :)). esata seems to work fine,
> > > I can copy gigs 'n gigs of data to it using the esata connection.
> > >
> > > however, with USB3 it works for a bit then something goes wonky...
> > > After copying some hundreds of megabytes (and I don't know if it is a
> > > consistent number or not) suddenly my C6 box starts reporting write
> > > errors.
> > >
> > > some investigation shows that /dev/sdc (and /dev/sdc1) no longer exist
> > > on the system. it takes a reboot to get it back. After which it'll
> > > work for a while then the same thing all over again. I've tried a
> > > different USB 3.0 cable but it makes no difference.
> > >
> > > Anyone got ideas on this?

You may try using a newer kernel from ElRepo (currently 3.14.4):

    http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-ml

If it were a driver problem, maybe it was fixed.

Mihai