look at ok sequence [20268.602447] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1 enable change, status 00000101 [20270.602142] hub 1-0:1.0: hub_suspend [20270.602233] usb usb1: bus auto-suspend [20339.805114] slide (GPIO 71) is now open [20360.664581] slide (GPIO 71) is now closed [20363.013183] twl4030_usb twl4030_usb: HW_CONDITIONS 0x54/84; link 3 [20390.143859] usb usb1: usb resume [20390.164459] hub 1-0:1.0: hub_resume [20390.164520] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1: status 0101 change 0001 [20390.274017] hub 1-0:1.0: state 7 ports 1 chg 0002 evt 0000 [20390.274078] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1, status 0101, change 0000, 12 Mb/s [20390.399169] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using musb_hdrc and address 34 [20390.556976] usb 1-1: default language 0x0409 [20390.566711] usb 1-1: uevent [20390.566925] usb 1-1: usb_probe_device [20390.566955] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [20390.570831] usb 1-1: adding 1-1:1.0 (config #1, interface 0) [20390.571197] usb 1-1:1.0: uevent [20390.571441] libusual 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface [20390.571533] libusual 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id [20390.571685] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface [20390.571746] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id [20390.667022] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [20390.673095] /home/r00t/MyDocs/kernel-power-2.6.28-power46-wl1/drivers/usb/core/inode.c: creating file '034' [20390.673797] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0951, idProduct=1607 [20390.673858] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 esp the timestamps in there you need to be patient with hostmode startup. It might take up to 20s (on sluggish devices) after vbus on, until you can enumerate. It may take another while from a successful enumerate until the device file ( /dev/* ) gets created so you can mount it.