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RolandoS_Altera
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10 months ago

25.3 PRO Release

Version: Release 25.3 PRO Quartus Build/TAG: B109/QPDS25.3_REL_GSRD_PR Release Date: October 10, 2025 Device Affected: Agilex™ 3, Agilex™ 5, Agilex™ 7, Startix® 10, Arria® 10 Release Type: Major ...
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9 months ago

Hi Arun,

USB3.1 in Host mode is enabled by default in Agilex 5, including 25.1.

The workaround in USB 3.1 Gen-1 Controller Tutorial Example Design User Guide is mainly to enable the Device mode (a change from the Host mode), using 25.1.1.

May I know how you see the device being detected as USB2.0?

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9 months ago

Hi Team  
I’ve updated our log, node, and kernel  config files below. Please let us know if we’re missing anything

we are using 
HP x796w USB 3.2 Flash Drive-Pendrive 
Striff USB to Type C Connector 

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    9 months ago

    Hello Arun, thanks for sharing. 

    I suspect the problem is your USB to Type C connector; those adapters can sometimes silently downgrade USB speeds. I tested using a USB mass storage device that has both a USB-A and a USB-C port, and I verified USB SS speeds using CrystalDiskMark and fio.
    PNY DUO LINK V3 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Dual Flash Drive 

    I've attached the logs I see when I attach this USB Stick:

    root@agilex5e:~# dmesg | grep USB
[    1.480973] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.0.auto: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    1.510119] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.0.auto: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[    1.517753] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.0.auto: Host supports USB 3.1 Enhanced SuperSpeed
[    1.525956] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    1.542405] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.732358] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[   37.071576] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci-hcd
[   37.446512] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[   38.497114] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     PNY      USB 3.2.2 FD     PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 6

    During U-Boot:

    SOCFPGA_AGILEX5 # usb start
starting USB...
Bus usb@10b00000: Port not available.
Bus usb31@11000000: probe failed, error -110
No USB controllers found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found
SOCFPGA_AGILEX5 #

    Please note that I built this Linux image using the newer GSRD 2.0 (tested with Quartus® Prime 25.3), which uses Kas to manage Yocto layers, but the Linux configurations should be the same as the 'classic' GSRD. 

    Rebuilding GSRD 2.0 Binaries 

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      9 months ago

      Hello Team 
      We have tested this on other iMX boards where USB 3.0 detection works as expected.Also we have validated with other pendrives we have still it detects as 2.0 Now I need to validate USB host mass storage  on QPD25.1.

       

    • Arun_Prabakatr's avatar
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      9 months ago

      Hi White 
      I am also getting those prints print QPD25.1 But still

      but while testing the version it detects as 2.0 all time 

       

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        9 months ago

        Hi Arun,

        There is a utility called `lsusb` that you can add to your Yocto image. Add the following IMAGE_INSTALL line to gsrd-socfpga/agilex5_dk_a5e065bb32aes1-gsrd-rootfs/conf/local.conf:

        # CONF_VERSION is increased each time build/conf/ changes incompatibly and is used to
# track the version of this file when it was generated. This can safely be ignored if
# this doesn't mean anything to you.
CONF_VERSION = "2"

# support lsusb
IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " usbutils"

        Then rebuilt your SD card image with

        bitbake gsrd-console-image

        The output I see when the PNY USB stick I linked above is plugged in:

        root@agilex5dka5e065bb32aes1:~# lsusb --tree
/:  Bus 001.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci-hcd/1p, 480M
/:  Bus 002.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci-hcd/1p, 10000M
    |__ Port 001: Dev 002, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=usb-storage, 5000M
root@agilex5dka5e065bb32aes1:~#

        This shows that there are 2 USB hosts, and that bus 2 is the USB 3 host. If you poll the devices and look at usb2 instead of usb1, we see USB 3 compatibility.

        root@agilex5dka5e065bb32aes1:~# cat  /sys/devices/platform/soc\@0/11000000.usb1/xhci-hcd.0.auto/usb2/2-1/version
3.20