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[genzai]

dandumont, on Nov 5 2010, 03:22 PM, said:

I have tested but i have a problem : the file don't work with 64 bits kernel on my MacBook Pro, only with 32 bits kernel.

Odd, its working on 64bit with my hac.

Also, looking through some drives i had on hand and i got ~110MB out of a newer gen WD. So i am sure that the limit now is drive speed and that the USB3 ports are capable of much faster speeds. need to find a SSD to try. 110MB is about what i get with SATA internally on these drives.

g\

[seco1976]

modbin, on Nov 5 2010, 10:03 PM, said:

sure let's try mediafire

http://www.mediafire...6c3kby1se62lkib

Thanks !

[modbin]

dandumont, on Nov 5 2010, 10:22 PM, said:

I have tested but i have a problem : the file don't work with 64 bits kernel on my MacBook Pro, only with 32 bits kernel.

modbin, is this possible to make the modification on a 64 bits kext ? can you explain the modification ?

Best

Pierre

I patched both i386 and x86_64 parts of the kext. Try to clear your caches.

the kext does this check:
cmp     ax, 59Fh
jz        goodboy

[dandumont]

when i modify the LaCie kext : no 64 bits
when i inject the patched kext : 64 bits

strange...

[genzai]

Just to let everyone know i have tested this as working on all three USB3 enabled systems i have access to.
works on GA-X58A-UD5 and GA-H55M-USB3 motherboards.
special thanks again to modbin!
g\

[pezomatic]

If I purchase these items for my Mac Pro will they work with the Lacie driver and a non-Lacie Hard Drive?

2 Port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCIe x1 Card
http://www.microcent...duct_id=0324026

NEC uPD720200 Chipset ; Supports PCI Express 2.0 X 1 Lane, can transferring up to 5Gbps MAX; Supports USB 3.0 specification type A connector X2 ports

USB3 external case:
http://www.microcent...duct_id=0338041

Will the performance of an external USB3 hard drive be any faster than the same hard drive installed internally in my Mac Pro?

Thanks.

[Rx4Mac]

I tried the Modbin modified PXHCD inside the LaCie kext with the CalDigit card and my MacAlly USB3 external HD..

No luck yet... Tested in both 32 and 64 bit kernel boot.

This is in a Cartri BIOS v 0.8 machine.

Has anyone had luck yet with and external HD case? ( vs a dock )

Thanks for working on this!

[dasdasein]

I have also tested the modified PXHCD. USB 2.0 external drive shows under USB super speed in system profiler, but USB 3.0 does not. This is from the console log:

Quote

06.11.10 13:16:30 kernel PXHCD    0x9bf3d000::UIMCreateControlEndpoint -fail to initialize device
06.11.10 13:16:30 kernel PXHCD    0x9bf3d000::ReadyForTransfer - fail to get device context
06.11.10 13:16:30 kernel PXHCD    [0x9bf3d000]::EnqueueTransferDescriptor has not enough free TRB for transfer

[The Real Deal]

Thanks modbin.

[rtrtrtrt]

modbin, on Nov 5 2010, 05:14 PM, said:

I removed the check but I can't test if it works. it's up to you guys

patched kext:
http://rapidshare.co...HCD_patched.zip

thanks vm for this will test tomorrow hopefully

[cartri]

i could swear i never made a 8e for that board.
Anyway, that would be offtopic for this thread, i dont think the bios would be the problem, but that gave me some ideas.
more idea(l)s then time for it, as always

[Going Bald]

modbin, on Nov 5 2010, 12:14 PM, said:

I removed the check but I can't test if it works. it's up to you guys

patched kext:
http://rapidshare.co...HCD_patched.zip

Works in 64 bit kernel, but not up to USB3.0 standards. Did a bit of testing this AM:
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Will try it in 32 bit mode next.

EDIT: Works in 32 bit mode, too, but no better performance - still, I guess double the speed is something

[cartri]

Thanks for the tests!

cartri, on Nov 7 2010, 01:45 PM, said:

Thanks for the tests!

By the way we still have Caldigit drivers to hack: they recompiled the USBFamily and provided 3 links, one being even a instruction manual.
we could use their usbfamily and hack only their other kext: their approach is very much more likely what i was thinking to do in the begining: a recompilation of iousbfamily with a real new class of usb being handled by it.
...modbin? Had you looked at that?

[RemoteWorks]

Going Bald, on Nov 7 2010, 05:19 PM, said:

Works in 64 bit kernel, but not up to USB3.0 standards. Did a bit of testing this AM:
Comparis...2.0vs3.0.jpg

Will try it in 32 bit mode next.

Looks to me that it just works fine
max for usb 2 is 30mb/s as shown in the first xbench score
But on the usb 3 port you see it's going to 60mb/s
it is still a normal HD right, not a ssd?

RW

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[btwiggles2]

I already had the Lacie driver installed.  Tried replacing the PXHCD file and repairing permissions, still unable to mount drive on  USB 3.0 port.  Same story if I use Kext Helper and inject.

[Going Bald]

btwiggles2, on Nov 7 2010, 12:56 PM, said:

I already had the Lacie driver installed.  Tried replacing the PXHCD file and repairing permissions, still unable to mount drive on  USB 3.0 port.  Same story if I use Kext Helper and inject.

Copy modbin's PXHCD_patched to desktop. Right click - get info - change name to PXHCD. Close info screen.

Install LaCie pkg. Open finder and navigate to System / Library / Extensions / PXHCD.kext

Right click on PXHCD.kext, select "Show Package Contents"
A new finder window will open with a contents folder - open MAC OS folder in the contents folder - here is LaCie's PXHCD file. Drag modbin's file from the desktop to this folder and drop it - enter password to let it happen. Close finder, repair permissions and rebuild caches. Reboot.

What's the problem?

RemoteWorks, on Nov 7 2010, 12:11 PM, said:

Looks to me that it just works fine
max for usb 2 is 30mb/s as shown in the first xbench score
But on the usb 3 port you see it's going to 60mb/s
it is still a normal HD right, not a ssd?

RW

Yes, but the speed shows up as "Up to 480 Mb/sec" for both the High-Speed USB 2.0 bus AND the Super-speed bus USB 3.0 ports - it should show much hugher for the 3.0 port. Also, the total xbench score for the USB 3.0 WD drive in the 3.0 port was .2 lower than in the 2.0 port - go figure. It should do a lot better than that!

[stellarola]

I've got USB 3.0 working at very fast speeds, however with the current "hacked" LaCie USB 3.0 driver I kind of lose the functionality of sleep. I'm not sure if it's the driver or the fact that it's built-in...

http://stellarola.tu...usb-3-0-in-os-x

Anyone else?

[RemoteWorks]

Going Bald, on Nov 7 2010, 07:28 PM, said:

Yes, but the speed shows up as "Up to 480 Mb/sec" for both the High-Speed USB 2.0 bus AND the Super-speed bus USB 3.0 ports - it should show much hugher for the 3.0 port. Also, the total xbench score for the USB 3.0 WD drive in the 3.0 port was .2 lower than in the 2.0 port - go figure. It should do a lot better than that!

Genzai already reported that in the profiler it shows as 480mb/s
The reason why your usb 3 test shows lower results, is because your got lower results on the sequential uncached read test.

RW

[Jack F]

I've installed the LaCie drivers, replaced the PXHCD inside the PXHCD.kext and restarted,
  and USB Super-Speed bus is showing up in System Profiler.

But I still get this error message showing up in the dmesg log:

PXHCD	0x82e98000::UIMCreateControlTransfer - Super Speed device other than LaCie is not supported - Vendor ID[152d]

I'm trying this with a Vantec USB 3.0 Hard drive dock, and using a Gigabyte X58A-UD3R motherboard.

The dock works fine at USB 2 speeds plugged into one of the USB 2 ports.

Any ideas?

[Going Bald]

RemoteWorks, on Nov 7 2010, 03:00 PM, said:

Genzai already reported that in the profiler it shows as 480mb/s
The reason why your usb 3 test shows lower results, is because your got lower results on the sequential uncached read test.

RW

Granted, but given the "theoretical" speeds I would expect more. Even the AJA Test System only reports a doubling of speed. I guess I'm just a speed junky, lol.

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