[CentOS] usb 3.1 support in CentOS 7

Mon Mar 20 04:44:14 UTC 2017
Chris Murphy <lists at colorremedies.com>

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017, 6:11 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All - Been trying to find out if USB 3.1 support is in CentOS 7 and
> kernel 3.10 ?
>
> I see its in the 4.X kernel - but what about CentOS 7?




USB 3.1 Gen 1 is the same thing as USB 3.0.

USB 3.1 Gen 2 is a different thing entirely as I expect it needs a much
newer kernel. I don't think it strictly requires USB-C, but in practice
that's the only form factor I've seen it appear in so far.


Chris Murphy