Following the advice given for bug 1328984, I have tested the latest upstream kernel, and I am happy to report that the problem did not occur (neither during boot or hotplug).
Kernel tested: 3.16.0-031600rc1-generic x86_64 URL: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.16-rc1-utopic/ uname -a Linux ubuntu 3.16.0-031600rc1-generic #201406160035 SMP Mon Jun 16 04:36:15 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1330530 Title: Regression: Kernel 3.2.0-64 problems with USB3 controller To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1330530/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs