kernel 3.17.0 on Zyxel NSA320: USB not working?

Hello,
today i installed the most recent debian (Debian-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1), and it works like a charm. I installed Munin, apache, samba, netatalk, all is fine.
But when i wanted to restore the backup i made previously(via a win laptop to an external NTFS-formatted USB3 Harddisk), i saw that the restore speed was roughly in the 15 MB/s range over samba. in the opposite direction, from the NSA320's internal disk to my laptops SSD it gives ca. 70 MB/s.
So i decided to hook the harddisk to the USB ports of the NSA, and installed ntfs-3g and fuse.
I tried all 3 USB Ports, on none of them the USB harddisk is recognized, and fdisk -l prints only the internal disks.
Rebooting didnt help either. Also, in the boot messages there was no mention of the attached USB drive.
This is the transcript of the ntfs-3g and fuse install:

root@zyxie:/home/dirk# apt-get install libfuse2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  fuse
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libfuse2
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 134 kB of archives.
After this operation, 284 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main libfuse2 armel 2.9.0-2+deb7u1 [134 kB]
Fetched 134 kB in 1s (74.2 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package libfuse2:armel.
(Reading database ... 19476 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libfuse2:armel (from .../libfuse2_2.9.0-2+deb7u1_armel.deb) ...
Setting up libfuse2:armel (2.9.0-2+deb7u1) ...

root@zyxie:/home/dirk#  apt-get install ntfs-3g
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  fuse
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fuse ntfs-3g
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 783 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1715 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main fuse armel 2.9.0-2+deb7u1 [72.2 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main ntfs-3g armel 1:2012.1.15AR.5-2.1 [711 kB]
Fetched 783 kB in 3s (211 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package fuse.
(Reading database ... 19491 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fuse (from .../fuse_2.9.0-2+deb7u1_armel.deb) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1

Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up fuse (2.9.0-2+deb7u1) ...
Creating fuse group...
Adding group `fuse' (GID 111) ...
Done.
udev active, skipping device node creation.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1

Selecting previously unselected package ntfs-3g.
(Reading database ... 19506 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ntfs-3g (from .../ntfs-3g_1%3a2012.1.15AR.5-2.1_armel.deb) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up ntfs-3g (1:2012.1.15AR.5-2.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1

Maybe the red message is preventing usage of the USB ports?
How can i get to use those ports?
Tomorrow i will also try a FAT formatted USB-Stick. I'll keep you updated...


Dirk

2 Pieces NSA320 , u-boot 2016.05, debian 4.12.1, Several Mac and Linux boxes connected.
More into soldering than programming. Location:Hildesheim, Germany



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/11/2015 04:16PM by shivahoj.

@ shivahoj,

If you could, downgrade to Kernel 3.16.0-kirkwood-tld-3 or earlier and let me know if everything is OK with it.

-bodhi
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