This is the most heavily loaded configuration I use with this device and I don't have issues with either an NVMe SSD or GPU. No hardware-related issues with any USB devices (data goes through PCIe in the end).
➜ ~ lspci -v -t -[0000:00]-+-00.0 Intel Corporation Device 5910 +-01.0-[01]----00.0 NVIDIA Corporation GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] +-02.0 Intel Corporation Device 591b +-14.0 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller +-14.2 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem +-15.0 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Serial IO I2C Controller #0 +-16.0 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 +-1c.0-[02-3a]----00.0-[03-06]--+-00.0-[04]-- | +-01.0-[05]-- | \-02.0-[06]----00.0 Intel Corporation Device 15db +-1c.5-[3b]----00.0 Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter +-1d.0-[3c]----00.0 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM961/PM961 +-1e.0 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Serial IO UART #0 +-1f.0 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller +-1f.2 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC +-1f.3 Intel Corporation Device a171 \-1f.4 Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus ➜ ~ lsusb -v -t /: Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/2p, 5000M /: Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/2p, 480M /: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/8p, 5000M |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=r8152, 5000M |__ Port 5: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/4p, 5000M /: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/16p, 480M |__ Port 4: Dev 2, If 1, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M |__ Port 4: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M |__ Port 5: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/4p, 480M |__ Port 1: Dev 13, If 2, Class=Audio, Driver=snd-usb-audio, 480M |__ Port 1: Dev 13, If 0, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M |__ Port 1: Dev 13, If 3, Class=Audio, Driver=snd-usb-audio, 480M |__ Port 1: Dev 13, If 1, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M |__ Port 2: Dev 7, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/4p, 12M |__ Port 3: Dev 10, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M |__ Port 3: Dev 10, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M |__ Port 1: Dev 8, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M |__ Port 1: Dev 8, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M |__ Port 4: Dev 11, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M |__ Port 2: Dev 47, If 2, Class=Audio, Driver=snd-usb-audio, 12M |__ Port 2: Dev 47, If 0, Class=Audio, Driver=snd-usb-audio, 12M |__ Port 2: Dev 47, If 3, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M |__ Port 2: Dev 47, If 1, Class=Audio, Driver=snd-usb-audio, 12M |__ Port 7: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M |__ Port 7: Dev 4, If 1, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M |__ Port 8: Dev 6, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M |__ Port 8: Dev 6, If 2, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M |__ Port 8: Dev 6, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M Maybe I should swap this card out for something else like Intel 8260 or an upcoming 9260 to test out whether this is a PCIe issue but I don't think it is. Found this unanswered thread at infradead with the exact same hardware but a different PCIe setup: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/ath10k/2017-June/009904.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1670706 Title: Kernel Call Trace After Disabling an ath10k Wireless Device (Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac (rev 32)) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1670706/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs