On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 06:32:11 +0000 (GMT), Rodney Pont wrote:

On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:59:48 -0800, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

By the way, this indicates that backwards compatibility of USB 3 is not
always true. If USB 2 ports are not available in future systems, there
will be some serious problems.

IMO, backwards compatibility is not always true *only if* there are bugs
in the drivers...

The user manual for my Asus motherboards say that USB3.0 can only be
used for storage devices, note *can*, not should.

Even the manual for the X99-Pro (which I'm considering as my next
motherboard) says this in the section on the back panel connectors,
page 2-15, even though up front it states that USB3.0 ports are fully
compatible with the earlier versions of USB (presumably only when used
with storage devices).

I'm guessing that you're saying that you agree with me :-)

Contrary to what I have surmised are your wishes, I'd say you're
reinforcing my opinion...

Why would I wish to disagree with you? I'm just adding more information
to the discussion. I'm happy for people to make up their own minds and
I have no idea if Asus say the above due to driver bugs or hardware
incompatibilities.

I'm also saying that we are allowed to have differing opinions. It's OK
with me if you disagree, as you just indicated that it's OK if I
disagree. But as I read what I just wrote, it sounds wrong :-)

OK, all I really mean is that, faced with the same facts (where we
obviously agree) we have different opinions, which seems to be OK with
both of us.

I for one can't prove that the problem is due to bugs, so it really *is*
an opinion in my case :-)

For fun I should try some non-storage devices on my USB3 ports (it's an
Asus MB, BTW). Not right now, lunch is almost ready...

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)