I've had an AMD based home server a decade ago. Connected an HP printer, and it would frequently cause disconnect and reconnect events in dmesg, sometimes endin

I've had an AMD based home server a decade ago. Connected an HP printer, and it would frequently cause disconnect and reconnect events in dmesg, sometimes ending up in some error state when Linux would just give up trying to identify the device. After trying different ports and cables I eventually, out of desperation, threw in an unpowered old USB 2.0 hub and lo and behold, the connection to the printer was rock solid.