DIR-505: unable to initialize libusb: -99

tmomas · October 20, 2021, 4:36pm

Today I revived a DIR-505 and flashed 21.02.0 onto it. So far so good, everything is working as expected, except USB. No USB device is recognized when inserting/removing it, nothing at all in logread/dmesg. Same for master. USB was working before (15.05), so it is unlikely to be a hardware issue.

root@DIR-505-2:~# lsusb
unable to initialize libusb: -99

root@DIR-505-2:~# opkg list-installed | grep usb
kmod-phy-ath79-usb - 5.4.152-1
kmod-usb-core - 5.4.152-1
kmod-usb-ehci - 5.4.152-1
kmod-usb-ohci - 5.4.152-1
kmod-usb-ohci-pci - 5.4.152-1
kmod-usb-storage - 5.4.152-1
kmod-usb2 - 5.4.152-1
kmod-usb2-pci - 5.4.152-1
libusb-1.0-0 - 1.0.24-4
usbutils - 014-1

root@DIR-505-2:~# lsmod | grep usb
nls_base                5194  1 usbcore
scsi_mod               91670  2 usb_storage,sd_mod
usb_common              3134  3 ohci_hcd,ehci_platform,usbcore
usb_storage            44560  0
usbcore               150692  8 usb_storage,ohci_pci,ohci_platform,ohci_hcd,ehci_pci,ehci_platform,ehci_fsl,ehci_hcd

Any hints what could be causing this?

tmomas · October 20, 2021, 6:28pm

Solution:

opkg update && opkg install kmod-usb-chipidea2

tmomas · October 21, 2021, 12:43pm

@blocktrron since without kmod-usb-chipidea2 USB is completely dysfunctional, maybe it should be added to the DEVICE PACKAGES?

github.com

openwrt/openwrt/blob/63c01ad025981eaa841353dc0fc27e5017febe21/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk#L909

    
      
          	append-rootfs | pad-rootfs | check-size | mkdapimg2 0x20000
            DAP_SIGNATURE := HONEYBEE-FIRMWARE-DCH-G020
          endef
          TARGET_DEVICES += dlink_dch-g020-a1
          
          
define Device/dlink_dir-505
            SOC := ar9330
            DEVICE_VENDOR := D-Link
            DEVICE_MODEL := DIR-505
            IMAGE_SIZE := 7680k
            DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-usb2
            SUPPORTED_DEVICES += dir-505-a1
          endef
          TARGET_DEVICES += dlink_dir-505
          
          
define Device/dlink_dir-825-b1
            SOC := ar7161
            DEVICE_VENDOR := D-Link
            DEVICE_MODEL := DIR-825
            DEVICE_VARIANT := B1
            IMAGE_SIZE := 6208k

blocktrron · October 21, 2021, 1:50pm

Thanks for reporting. Yes, this package is indeed missing. My board has a desoldered USB port, as it was for prototyping a device. Will add the correct package & backport to 21.02.

tmomas · October 31, 2021, 1:50pm

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