#!/usr/bin/env bash # Resets all USB host controllers of the system. # This is useful in case one stopped working # due to a faulty device having been connected to it. base="/sys/bus/pci/drivers" sleep_secs="1" # This might find a sub-set of these: # * 'ohci_hcd' - USB 3.0 # * 'ehci-pci' - USB 2.0 # * 'xhci_hcd' - USB 3.0 echo "Looking for USB standards ..." for usb_std in "$base/"?hci* do echo "* USB standard '$usb_std' ..." for dev_path in "$usb_std/"*:* do dev="$(basename "$dev_path")" echo " - Resetting device '$dev' ..." printf '%s' "$dev" | sudo tee "$usb_std/unbind" > /dev/null sleep "$sleep_secs" printf '%s' "$dev" | sudo tee "$usb_std/bind" > /dev/null echo " done." done echo " done." done echo "done."