usb no longer works Mac mini 2012

[Harald Rudell]

This has been in use since 2019 but no longer works in 22.04 or 21.10, probably the usb rewrite to 40 Gb/s. 2016+ hardware works much better now, but 2012 hardware can no longer be used

2022 Dock via ORICO hub: verified to fail
Jun 10 12:59:37 c32z kernel: [ 1043.251205] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#23 uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 5 inflight: CMD IN

2022 Dock direct to usb-a port:
Jun 10 13:01:51 c32z kernel: [ 1177.509589] usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110

plug in using hub
Jun 10 11:45:33 c34z kernel: [ 131.031800] sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4 sdb5 sdb6 sdb7 sdb8 sdb9
Jun 10 11:45:33 c34z kernel: [ 131.052300] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Jun 10 11:46:05 c34z kernel: [ 163.156554] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#29 uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 10 inflight: CMD IN
# disk failed within 32 seconds

Plug in to usb-a-1
Jun 10 11:53:57 c34z kernel: [ 635.149760] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
Jun 10 11:54:03 c34z kernel: [ 640.461860] usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Jun 10 11:54:18 c34z kernel: [ 656.078066] usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Jun 10 11:54:19 c34z kernel: [ 656.314045] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
Jun 10 11:54:24 c34z kernel: [ 661.454133] usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Jun 10 11:54:39 c34z kernel: [ 677.070313] usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Jun 10 11:54:39 c34z kernel: [ 677.178378] usb usb3-port1: attempt power cycle
Jun 10 11:54:40 c34z kernel: [ 677.830276] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd
Jun 10 11:54:50 c34z kernel: [ 688.086502] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: xHCI host controller not responding, assume dead
# kills usb within 53 seconds

If you write zero to the disk, syslog has fatal usb failures while dd claims everything worked fine
date --rfc-3339=second && dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sde5 bs=1M count=128 status=progress
2022-06-11 11:52:46-07:00
128+0 records in
128+0 records out
134217728 bytes (134 MB, 128 MiB) copied, 2.74827 s, 48.8 MB/s

Hardware:
ls -l /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 10 11:43 /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb4 -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb4
lspci -knns14.
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:7270]
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: xhci_pci

Mac mini (Late 2012) Macmini6,1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: linux-image-5.15.0-37-generic 5.15.0-37.39
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-37.39-generic 5.15.35
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-37-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl icp
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D3', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D8p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D7p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Sat Jun 11 21:57:15 2022
HibernationDevice: RESUME=none
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-07-05 (342 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
MachineType: Apple Inc. Macmini6,1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/BOOT/ubuntu_uwnb63@/vmlinuz-5.15.0-37-generic root=ZFS=rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_uwnb63 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-5.15.0-37-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-5.15.0-37-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.2
RfKill:
 0: hci0: Bluetooth
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-06-10 (1 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/04/2021
dmi.bios.release: 0.1
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 422.0.0.0.0
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-031AEE4D24BFF0B1
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: Macmini6,1
dmi.chassis.type: 16
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-031AEE4D24BFF0B1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvr422.0.0.0.0:bd06/04/2021:br0.1:svnAppleInc.:pnMacmini6,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-031AEE4D24BFF0B1:rvrMacmini6,1:cvnAppleInc.:ct16:cvrMac-031AEE4D24BFF0B1:skuSystemSKU#:
dmi.product.family: Macmini
dmi.product.name: Macmini6,1
dmi.product.sku: System SKU#
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

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