Re: [gentoo-user] USB ports reset/restart

On 03/06/2018 03:11 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Mar 2018 18:40:08 -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to reinitialize USB ports without restarting the
>> computer?
>>
>> Two of my USB 3 ports stop working.
>
> Can you rmmod xhci_pci and xhci_hcd then modprobe xhci_pci?
>
> If that helps, it's a software issue, otherwise it may be a hardware
> fault that needs a reset. I too have found USB3 to be less than reliable.

I don't think I could do it; xhci_pci and xhci_hcd are compiled into the
kernel (not as module).

I know that if I restart the box the USB-3 will start working.
The box has an uptime 130 days and is my main server.

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Thelma