Re: [Bug] USB 2.0 Ports Dont Work on Sony Vaio Laptop

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Hi Sarah,

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:06 AM, Sarah Sharp
<sarah.a.sharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:52:10AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Jun 2013, Ming Lei wrote:
>>
>> > > There's a good chance this problem was caused by a change in the
>> > > xhci-hcd driver.
>> >
>> > I am wondering why xhci-hcd may cause the problem since the affected
>> > hub is 'Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub' which is connected to
>> > EHCI root hub.
>>
>> It's just a guess.  You pointed out that the problem seems to be
>> related to port routing, and the port routing code is part of the xHCI
>> driver.
>>
>> The original bug report on Launchpad doesn't mention any earlier
>> kernels working.  Maybe the problem was caused by a change somewhere
>> else, such as a change in the BIOS.
>
> It's entirely possible that the BIOS is not setting the xHCI port
> routing mask properly, and the xHCI driver is not switching the ports
> from EHCI to xHCI.  My guess would be that the BIOS sets the USB 3.0
> port mask, but not the USB 2.0 port mask, which would cause the USB 3.0
> ports to be switched over, and not the USB 2.0 ports.
>
> It could also be that the BIOS is completely ignoring the writes to the
> port registers as well.  Can the reporters recompile with
> CONFIG_USB_DEBUG and CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD_DEBUGGING turned on?  That will
> tell me which ports are being switched over.

The log has been collected in the below link:

       https://launchpadlibrarian.net/143447910/dmesg3.log

so could you take a look and see what is wrong?

Thanks
-- 
Ming Lei
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