> I have an ASUS USB-BT211 bluetooth dongle, I have never been able to make it > work and it causes udev to fail at startup and sending the following msg to > the syslog: > > 2011-08-13T09:45:30+02:00 poff udevd[5235]: timeout 'usb_id --export > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.0/usb3' > > This seems to be related to usb3, however, neither the mobo (ASUS M4A79XTD > EVO) nor the the installed kernel has usb3 support; if related to usb3 is > expected. >
this dongle actually has atheros chip inside, so you have to add appropriate support in kernel (CONFIG_BT_ATH3K) and install sys-kernel/linux-firmware the issue is not related to usb3 (xhci). usb3 in that context means just port you're attaching the device to hth||