Bug 652792

I'm seeing the same behavior on my W510 too. 

IIRC the ports on the side are USB3 porta, the port on the back is USB2.0 only (which is the only one that works). 

This is definitely a regression from F13 (and should be higher in priority).

Linux kovinek 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Dec 23 16:04:50 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ lsmod|egrep '(usb|xhci)'
btusb                  15514  3 
bluetooth              89276  11 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
xhci_hcd               97044  0 

Plugging the USB mouse into the sideports doesn't trigger in content in /var/log/messages.

I'm seeing the same on my W510 (M/T: 4389AN7): the two USB3 ports (blue, next to the 15 pin DSUB VGA connector are non-functional, whereas both USB2 ports (one on back, one shared with eSATA port, next to the two blue USB3 ports) work fine.  I have an identical W510 (same M/T) on which I'm running MS Win 7 Pro x64: the first time I plugged in a device on the USB3 ports on that system, MS Win proceeded to install NEC USB3 device drivers.

A note re: power on these two ports - when I plug my phone (Samsung Captivate) in, I see there is power (the phone is recharged) from these two USB3 ports.

Same results here for me

Same issue, USB3 ports on side of laptop do not work, but USB2 port on back works correctly. Also, USB2 ports in mini dock station work correctly. That was with BIOS ver 1.17 (2010-04-19).  Updated BIOS to ver 1.34 after reading of several USB3 related fixes in BIOS release notes:

[Problem fixes]
- Fix an issue that a USB device is not recognized by Windows connecting
  to USB 3.0 port

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/6nuj19us.txt

Performed BIOS update, powered on, and same behavior when on dock - devices not recognized on USB3 ports.

Undocked, same result.  Removed battery as someone suggested.  No luck either.

Bios version 1.34 fixes problem for me. Latest F14 kernel

[root@torel-laptop ~]# uname -ar
Linux torel 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Dec 23 16:04:50 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


	Vendor: LENOVO
	Version: 6NET74WW (1.34 )
	Manufacturer: LENOVO
	Product Name: 43892DG
	Version: ThinkPad W510

e.g. amazon kindle

[root@torel-laptop ~]# lsusb -v -s 3:2 | more

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1949:0004 Lab126 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x1949 Lab126
  idProduct          0x0004 
  bcdDevice            1.00
  iManufacturer           1 Amazon
  iProduct                2 Amazon Kindle
  iSerial                 3 B006A0A000240E14
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           32
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          4 Self-powered
    bmAttributes         0xc0
      Self Powered
    MaxPower              100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2

Fixed.

System panic'ed when I inserted USB disk while having amazon kindle 3 connected. Enabling diskdump.  This was with 1.34 bios installed.

I updated my bios to 1.34 and did a fresh install of F14 after a hard drive failure that's when the problem started happening.

Vendor: LENOVO
Version: 6NET74WW (1.34 )
Release Date: 10/27/2010
Address: 0xE0000
Runtime Size: 128 kB
ROM Size: 8192 kB

Well, prior to installing bios 1.34, the USB3.0 port were for me just fancy chargers. ;)  Now, it works with e.g. Calibre and my cellular phone. But when I do some usb-storage access, system oops's. I'll test it more tonight.

This came to my attention:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F14_bugs#USB_3.0_ports_not_working

Since the module on a W510 is called xhci_hcd the kernel parameter should read

xhci_hcd.enable=1

USB 3.0 is now working on:

Vendor: LENOVO
Version: 6NET56WW (1.19 )
Release Date: 04/27/2010
Address: 0xE0000
Runtime Size: 128 kB
ROM Size: 8192 kB

also works for me now after adding: xhci_hcd.enable=1

xhci_hcd.enable=1 does the trick for me too. The only issues is that with the module loaded suspend doesn't work. I already do have an open bug for that and I can work around this by automagically removing the module before suspend. 

$ cat /etc/pm/config.d/xhci 
SUSPEND_MODULES="xhci-hcd"

USB 3.0 in 2.6.35 is known to have a number of issues.  Things should be better in more recent kernels.  Unfortuantely, we won't be bringing back a newer kernel into F14 at this time.