Insert any h/w into ohci usb port, run two scripts in parallel: $ while true; do rmmod ohci; modprobe ohci; done $ while true; do lsusb; done > /dev/null It's better to run 2-3 lsusb loops simultaneously. lsusb script outputs: cannot read device descriptor No such device (19) cannot read device descriptor No such device (19) cannot open /proc/bus/usb/002/001, No such file or directory (2) And kernel silently hangs in several minutes. Verified on x86_64 and ppc64 machines.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 455843 ***