From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CE321381F3 for ; Wed, 29 May 2013 00:11:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E6C58E0B08; Wed, 29 May 2013 00:10:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f175.google.com (mail-wi0-f175.google.com [209.85.212.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 99369E0AF4 for ; Wed, 29 May 2013 00:10:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f175.google.com with SMTP id hn14so3037238wib.8 for ; Tue, 28 May 2013 17:10:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=baLyDkTYM1jCaNhWvW6ahRLyddU6L8UqSO/mD43WdCA=; b=TgsgWHdUhfpj3+Mi13OFxZwEbX/sEPcbz/PtGSqeB5RzrOf2Zgl2sgR3JOmL7RPIxx D0Az3ws+p/If5BvBFgAjYVCSdstM+RM0XQ8DImgyppxNs1LFOoP5VZXLJxV5GG+3gSJ1 E7eZeN42XEAwDZ8HsOTSpeaYOiVBG//1UzZ2eEltdU9kJfJQ5EvHwcQDufZMaO2OSsJM 8H0+7wWTGDJVRTpwkrlZDyCFzFwyJtOWSJfolHQZPmkimowLca1gz9q5JVTtRctmai9O BL0B9CLhxZ44xzN71jv7fE3PfTYQqhZAD/V8c44YnhZd79zya50+nw7KYNb+7chpGZ6T E/fQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.78.10 with SMTP id x10mr13900576wiw.30.1369786253249; Tue, 28 May 2013 17:10:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.138.134 with HTTP; Tue, 28 May 2013 17:10:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 17:10:53 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] external SSD problem From: Grant To: Gentoo mailing list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 41e05243-8e96-4db1-89a3-877356852aca X-Archives-Hash: 98140de8d65e70ce98234527677a7a1d >> I just got one of these: >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208913 >> >> It seems to work fine except that once I eject it in Thunar, I get >> this in dmesg: >> >> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache >> sd 8:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery >> >> The only way to get the /dev/sdb device back is to 'modprobe -r >> xhci_hcd && modprobe xhci_hcd'. I've tried two different USB3 cables. >> I have an external USB3 hard drive that works fine but /dev/sdb >> doesn't appear after ejecting the SSD unless I modprobe xhci_hcd. >> Should I file a kernel bug? > > You can maybe also post it to the linux-usb mailing list > (linux-usb@vger.kernel.org), I think there is at least one person > there who works exclusively on XHCI stuff in the kernel. > > You might also want to check if there are any firmware updates for the > USB3 chipset on your motherboard. lspci should reveal the chipset. My > old motherboard had a flaky USB3 chipset (Renesas/NEC) that could only > be updated from Windows, so I never bothered with updating it, but > there are some that are updatable from within linux or from a DOS boot > disk. Thanks Paul. I'm posting this to linux-usb. My laptop is a Dell XPS13 and here's the lspci -v: 02:00.0 USB controller: Fresco Logic FL1009 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 30 [XHCI]) Subsystem: Dell Device 052e Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 Memory at f0400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Memory at f0410000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Memory at f0411000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=8 Masked- Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd Kernel modules: xhci_hcd - Grant