После многолетней эксплуатации поломался ноутбучный жесткий диск на роутере.
Было решено установить SSD малой емкости - на текущий момент торренты и файловая помойка переехала на nas и поэтому в большом диске уже надобности не было, крутились несколько сервисов, которые большого объема не требуют.
SSD нормально подключился, скрипты и проги перебросил с бэкапа и вроде как всё нормально заработало, но...
Обратил внимание что скорость работы с диском 500-600 кбайт в секунду (через Самбу).
Начал экспериментировать и обратил внимание что в режиме USB 2.0 Only - жесткий диск вообще не обнаруживается, при этом в 1.1 прекрасно работает, но скорость 500-600 кб/сек.

Выглядит это так:

USB 1.1
Code:
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 14:27:19 Feb  9 2012
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 01:03.0 (0000 -> 0001)
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: UHCI: Enabling VIA 6212 workarounds
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x100, IRQ 12
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Jan  1 02:00:04 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 01:03.1 (0000 -> 0001)
Jan  1 02:00:04 kernel: UHCI: Enabling VIA 6212 workarounds
Jan  1 02:00:04 kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x120, IRQ 12
Jan  1 02:00:04 kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
Jan  1 02:00:04 kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
Jan  1 02:00:04 kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jan  1 02:00:04 kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Jan  1 02:00:04 kernel: usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
Jan  1 02:00:04 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp
Jan  1 02:00:04 kernel: printer.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
Jan  1 02:00:04 kernel: hub.c: new USB device 01:03.0-2, assigned address 2
Jan  1 02:00:04 kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x152d/0x2338) is not claimed by any active driver.
Jan  1 02:00:05 kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Jan  1 02:00:05 kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jan  1 02:00:05 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Jan  1 02:00:06 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jan  1 02:00:06 kernel:   Vendor: TS8GSSD2  Model: 5S-S              Rev: 331 
Jan  1 02:00:06 kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jan  1 02:00:06 kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jan  1 02:00:06 kernel: sda: Waiting for disc 0 to settle.
Jan  1 02:00:06 kernel: SCSI device sda: 15621984 512-byte hdwr sectors (7998 MB)
Jan  1 02:00:06 kernel: Partition check:
Jan  1 02:00:06 kernel:  /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3
Jan  1 02:00:06 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jan  1 02:00:07 udpxy[129]: udpxy 1.0-Chipmunk (build 20) standard is starting
Jun 22 18:33:21 ntp client: Synchronizing time with pool.ntp.org...
Jun 22 18:33:21 kernel: Adding Swap: 260296k swap-space (priority -1)
Jun 22 18:33:22 e2fsck: bin: clean, 16825/251392 files, 159921/501533 blocks (check after next mount)
Jun 22 18:33:22 e2fsck: /dev/discs/disc0/part3: clean, 13/693504 files, 73994/1385917 blocks
Jun 22 18:33:22 kernel: kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Jun 22 18:33:22 kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on sd(8,2), internal journal
Jun 22 18:33:22 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Jun 22 18:33:22 kernel: kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Jun 22 18:33:22 kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on sd(8,3), internal journal
Jun 22 18:33:22 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Jun 22 18:33:22 USB storage: ext3 fs at /dev/discs/disc0/part3 mounted to /tmp/mnt/disc0_3
USB 2.0
Code:
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 01:03.2 (0000 -> 0002)
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: ehci_hcd 01:03.2: PCI device 1106:3104
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: ehci_hcd 01:03.2: irq 12, pci mem c01ea000
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: EHCI: Enabling VIA 6212 workarounds
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: ehci_hcd 01:03.2: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004/2.4
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: hub.c: 4 ports detected
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp
Jan  1 02:00:03 kernel: printer.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
Jan  1 02:00:05 kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Jan  1 02:00:05 kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jan  1 02:00:05 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Jan  1 02:00:05 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jan  1 02:00:06 udpxy[124]: udpxy 1.0-Chipmunk (build 20) standard is starting
Jun 22 18:47:20 ntp client: Synchronizing time with pool.ntp.org...
Это какая-то проблема с хабом VIA 6212 или где-то что-то слетело в конфигурации?

Железо: WL500gP v1, прошивка: WL500gp-1.9.2.7-d-r3591