Raberry pi 4b - USB 3.0 issues

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3-5 days
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
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Tech stack
linux, raspberry-pi

Research direction

Start by reproducing the enumeration shown by lsusb -t on the Raspberry Pi 4B, then compare the reported kernel and firmware versions from uname -a, vcgencmd version, and rpi-update. Investigate why the listed USB 3.0 devices appear on Bus 01 at 480M instead of Bus 02 at 5000M. Done means the devices enumerate at USB 3.0 speed under the stated setup, or the issue is narrowed to a documented hardware or compatibility limitation.

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Description


All (i own three usb 3.0 devices) - USB 3.0 devices connected to USB3.0 rasberry pi ports are detected as USB 2.0


i have 2 USB 3.0 devices connected to USB 3.0 ports of rasberry pi 4b. Both of them all detected as USB 2.0
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsusb -t
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 5000M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/1p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/4p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=usb-storage, 480M
|__ Port 2: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/4p, 480M

Expected behaviour

both visible under BUS02

1/ First devices is external powered USB HUb

[ 664.418451] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[ 664.506970] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=214b, idProduct=7250, bcdDevice= 1.00
[ 664.507000] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 664.507015] usb 1-1.2: Product: USB2.0 HUB
[ 664.511874] hub 1-1.2:1.0: USB hub found
[ 664.511988] hub 1-1.2:1.0: 4 ports detected

2/ nvme case based non Realtek
[ 3.205594] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 3.308632] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=9210, bcdDevice=22.1d
[ 3.317732] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 3.325774] usb 1-1.1: Product: Ugreen Storage Device
[ 3.331556] usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: Ugreen
[ 3.336459] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 0129380003DD
[ 3.370397] usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected

System

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo rpi-update
 *** Raspberry Pi firmware updater by Hexxeh, enhanced by AndrewS and Dom
 *** Performing self-update
 *** Relaunching after update
 *** Raspberry Pi firmware updater by Hexxeh, enhanced by AndrewS and Dom
FW_REV:e5fb9b2612f5b97cb759c2481ecd949533eb03c4
BOOTLOADER_REV:f45ed2371426add9a315809aeeaa6dc5c5694c6e
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /etc/rpi-issue
Raspberry Pi reference 2023-05-03
Generated using pi-gen, https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen, 7c750947a959fb626a70c09fd17c65815df192ac, stage2
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 6.12.44-v8+ #1902 SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 29 15:19:33 BST 2025 aarch64 GNU/Linux
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ vcgencmd version
Aug 20 2025 17:02:31
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version cd866525580337c0aee4b25880e1f5f9f674fb24 (clean) (release) (start)

The main issue is that i switch to nvme enclosure with disk with my rootfs and want to use higher USB 3.0 speed. Check the cables, power soruces, power limitation per USB Ports. This is not the bottle neck.

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