No USB devices - Beagleboard xM and Yocto Linux

Hello,

I've used the Yocto project to build a simple linux for my Beagleboard xM (Rev C). I used the "beagleboard" machine setting and a "core-image-basic" recipe. I don't need a GUI or any dev tools, just support for the onboard network hardware plus additional USB-Ethernet adaptors.

The build works OK, and I managed to set up my micro SD card and get it to boot. I see lots of messages about loading drivers during boot, and I can log in to Linux.

However, the USB devices don't seem to be working. The built-in USB-Ethernet gadget isn't there, and when I plug in a USB stick nothing happens - nothing in /dev/ and no messages in the system log.

I don't know whether this is something I missed in the build, or some configuration I need to do. I also don't know whether it is specific to the Beagle or a general problem. Unfortunately I am new to Kernel builds and device drivers.

Here's what I've checked:

The boot-up messages indicate that the USB drivers are loaded, e.g.:

<snip>
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
...
usbcore: registered new interface driver smsc75xx
usbcore: registered new interface driver smsc95xx
...etc

(I think smsc95xx is the USB-Ethernet chip on the Beagleboard xM).

ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ehci-omap: OMAP-EHCI Host Controller driver
ehci-omap 48064800.ehci: EHCI Host Controller
ehci-omap 48064800.ehci: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci-omap 48064800.ehci: irq 93, io mem 0x48064800
ehci-omap 48064800.ehci: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
musb-hdrc musb-hdrc.0.auto: musb_init_controller failed with status -6
mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
...Etc

There's a modprobe error which occurs a couple of times:

udevd[71]: starting version 175
modprobe: chdir(3.10.11-yocto-standard): No such file or directory

I also saw errors from the ethernet subsystem (?), along the lines of "eth0: device not found" and "usb0: device not found". This occurred during boot and also when I used "ifup eth0". I'm actually seeing a different error now: "ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device". In either case, I think it's because something to do with the actual USB hardware is missing or not configured.

"lsmod" shows no modules loaded, i.e.:

root@beagleboard:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
root@beagleboard:~#

Does this mean that the various device drivers, etc, above are built in to the kernel?

Any suggestions for how to diagnose / fix this problem? Anybody else have experience with the BeagleBoard xM or similar?

It may be a configuration file I need to edit, or a service I need to start... I'm a bit lost.

Thanks!