Hello eveyone
I have come across something that makes no sense to me at all.
I got a Gigabyte GB-BXi7-4770R and when I install Windows 8.1 or Debian 7 directly on the device, I can utilize the full USB 3.0 speed via testing on a very fast USB drive.
But when I install ESXi 6.0.0 on it, it will only run at USB 2 speeds, which have me even more confused, since the brix only have USB 3.0 ports and no USB 2 ports.
On a windows guest, I add the xHCI controller, and see that it appears in the device manager as a xHCI usb 3.0 controller. But when I then connect the USB device to the USB 3.0 port on my brix, and then add it to the virtual machine as a USB device, it only connects to a USB 2 hub on the guest. The same problem is on Debian, and when I do a "lsusb" and a "lsusb -t" I get the following that looks at lot like the same in Windows:
frands@Exill-OMV:/$ sudo lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 174c:55aa ASMedia Technology Inc.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 152d:0567 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp.
frands@Exill-OMV:/$ sudo lsusb -t
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, class="root_hub", Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 5000M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, class="root_hub", Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, class="HID", Driver=usbhid, 12M
|__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 0, class="stor"., Driver=usb-storage, 480M
|__ Port 3: Dev 4, If 0, class="hub", Driver=hub/7p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 6, If 0, class="stor"., Driver=usb-storage, 480M
|__ Port 4: Dev 5, If 0, class="hub", Driver=hub/7p, 480M
What is more confusing, is when I configure Passtrough and select all the USB controllers on the list and connect them to the guest system, it shows up as USB 2 controllers.
I have found out that the controller that’s being used by Intel is an, Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver for Intel® 8/9 Series and C220/C610 Chipset Family.
On the ESXi it shows up as a Intel Corporation Lynx Point USB Enchanted Host Controller #1 and #2
Can it really be posseble that ESXi dosen't support Intel USB 3.0 controllers?
What can the problem be and is there a way for me to add the driver using the ESXi customizer so I can use the full USB 3.0 speed?
