freebsd stable - Aug 2020 - Bug 237666 - repeated messages of "uhub_reattach_port: giving up port reset - device vanished"

On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 01:53:16PM -0400, Gerard E. Seibert
wrote:
>I was told to resubmit this with the bug's title in the subject line.
>Therefore, I am.
>
>I am just inquiring to see if any progress had been made regarding bug:
>https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237666
>
>This bug affects both the 12.x and 13.x branches of FreeBSD.
>Fortunately, it does not affect <= 11.x branches.
>
>FreeBSD 12.2 is due out in October and version 13.0 only five months
>later. At present, this bug infects both the 12.x and 13.x branches
>making updating systems beyond 11.x impossible for users of the
>afflicted systems. The fact that this bug has gone unremedied for so
>long is somewhat disheartening.
Hi,

I encountered this bug sometime last year; this year in April it was
bothersome enough to try to do something about it. I "fixed" it by
compiling
and installing a new kernel with everything USB-related removed. Fortunately
the machine does not need a USB peripheral of any sort. I've only ever run
12-stable on this machine. And it gave the usb error messages with nothing usb
attached, before installing the new kernel.

-- 
J.
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On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:09:11 +0100, tech-lists stated:
> On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 01:53:16PM -0400, Gerard E. Seibert wrote:
> >I was told to resubmit this with the bug's title in the subject
line.
> >Therefore, I am.
> >
> >I am just inquiring to see if any progress had been made regarding
> >bug: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237666
> >
> >This bug affects both the 12.x and 13.x branches of FreeBSD.
> >Fortunately, it does not affect <= 11.x branches.
> >
> >FreeBSD 12.2 is due out in October and version 13.0 only five months
> >later. At present, this bug infects both the 12.x and 13.x branches
> >making updating systems beyond 11.x impossible for users of the
> >afflicted systems. The fact that this bug has gone unremedied for so
> >long is somewhat disheartening.  
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I encountered this bug sometime last year; this year in April it was
> bothersome enough to try to do something about it. I "fixed" it
by
> compiling and installing a new kernel with everything USB-related
> removed. Fortunately the machine does not need a USB peripheral of
> any sort. I've only ever run 12-stable on this machine. And it gave
> the usb error messages with nothing usb attached, before installing
> the new kernel.
Quite frankly, that is a drastic step to take. Many people, like
myself, need a USB port(s).

What I find so annoying is that this bug did not exist prior to version
12.x; therefore, it is obvious that something changed. I am not a
highly skilled system programmer, so my chances of discovering the
problem are at best nil. However, the person or persons who wrote the
code should be aware of what has changed and either revert it to it
former working condition or fix it in its present state.

This situation has gone on for over a year and continued through two
major versions. That is just not acceptable.

Perhaps, if we could collect a list of the know systems that are
affected by this bug, it might help the developers to discover the
source of the problem.

My System:

Dell XPS 8930
32 GB DDR4 @ 2400MHz
9th Gen Intel Core i3-9 100 (4 core, 6MB Cache)

-- 
Gerard
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