On Sunday, 22 September 2019 18:06:50 BST Dom Rodriguez wrote:
> ... Of course, it _would_ help, if I had provided the link to the hub
> itself!
> 
> https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07919ZNB4
> 
> :)
> 
> On this date - Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 06:01:42PM +0100, Dom Rodriguez wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I've got an Lenovo Thinkpad X270 laptop, with USB-C support. I ordered an
> > Lenovo USB-C hub from Amazon the other day, and it arrived today. It [the
> > hub] is recognised by the kernel for USB, but not for power delivery
> > (PD), via ACPI.
> > 
> > Oddly enough, when I plug the USB-C cable from the mains adapter directly
> > to the USB-C port, ACPI recognises it fine - so I've narrowed it down to
> > a driver issue.

I assume you have enabled the USB-C drivers in the kernel and also PCI 
hotplug?

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/USB/Guide#USB_Type-C_and_Thunderbolt


> > I've tried using the hub on my Thinkpad 13" on both Windows and Linux
> > (Arch, specifically; Gentoo isn't on there at the moment.), and its
> > recognised fine. Therefore I do not believe the hub *itself* is faulty.
> > 
> > In terms of diagnostic information, I'm not sure where to start, so if
> > anyone needs certain information to help with the issue, please let me
> > know, and I'll do my best to email it.
> > 
> > I'm running gentoo-sources-5.3.1 for the kernel.
> > 
> > Any ideas? Thanks :-)

I don't have such a device to advise on the specifics, but look at dmesg, 
lspci -knn, lsusb to see if the device is recognised, or if any errors on 
missing components are reported.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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