USB reset fails when using a LimeSDR Mini on FreeBSD

[Jan Behrens]

On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 20:16:14 +0200
Hans Petter Selasky <hps at selasky.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 
> On 2020-06-25 19:59, Jan Behrens wrote:
> > In both cases there is an issue when calling the libusb_reset_device()
> > function.
> 
> Unless the device requires it, libusb_reset_device(), will only 
> re-enumerate the device. Beware that this only is allowed if you are 
> running the application as root. Else libusb_reset_device() will be a 
> no-operation.

But in my case, the call causes the program to abort (due to returning
an error status, I assume). This is the context where the SoapySDR
driver calls libusb_reset_device():

https://github.com/myriadrf/LimeSuite/blob/1c1c202f9a6ae4bb34068b6f3f576f7f8e74c7f1/src/ConnectionFTDI/ConnectionFT601.cpp#L212

> 
> --HPS
> 

Regards,
Jan