Bug 471514

Summary:	Need a plasma widget to display progress of data transfer between devices, i.e., usb to/from hdd, etc
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdeplasma-addons	Reporter:	Steven <Steven.E.Friedrich>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Steven 2023-06-27 19:16:07 UTC

SUMMARY
KDE's Dolphin will show MiB/s, but doesn't send a notification detailing max speed, min speed, avg speed.
A widget displaying transfer speed, like the network speed widget would be helpful.
What is the transfer speed from my usb device to my hdd/ssd?  A widget that displays that info and issues a notification indicating statistics would be much appreciated.

Comment 1 Steven 2023-07-15 20:50:01 UTC

I would like to see widgets that display a graph of transfer speed, like Winblows.  The y-axis should be the transfer speed of the channel, i.e., SATA-1 is 150 MB/s, SATA-2 is 300 MB/s, and SATA-3 is 600 MB/s.  USB 1.0  low speed is 192 kB/s, USB 1.0 full speed is 1.5 MB/s, USB 2.0 high speed is 60 MB/s, USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (aka USB 3.1 Gen 1) is 500 MB/s, USB 3.1 SuperSpeed+ (aka USB 3.1 Gen 2) is 1.212 GB/s, USB 3.2 SuperSpeed+[66] (aka USB 3.2 Gen 2×2) is 2.424 GB/s, USB4 Gen 3×2 is 4.8 GB/s, USB4 Gen 4×2 is 9.6 GB/s.

These values taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_interface_bit_rates#Peripheral

I would hope the device driver can detect the max capability of a channel, i.e., most usb-a to usb-c cables are only wired for usb 2.0 speeds.  Can the driver detect usb 3.0 speed cables?  usb 3.1 cables?, etc.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2023-09-11 22:16:17 UTC

Thanks for the idea. You might be able to use System Monitor widgets to cobble together something like this. Beyond that, a dedicated Plasma widget for it is out of scope, but represents a promising 3rd-party development opportunity. :)