[Bug 271012] FreeBSD kernel does not detect USB3.2 storage media on Windows Dev Kit 2023 USB-C ports (for example?)

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=271012

            Bug ID: 271012
           Summary: FreeBSD kernel does not detect USB3.2 storage media on
                    Windows Dev Kit 2023 USB-C ports (for example?)
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: kern
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: marklmi26-fbsd@yahoo.com

Note: the UEFI/ACPI stage and the FreeBSD loader.efi activity (that uses
UEFI I/O services) have no problems finding and using the media. It is
the FreeBSD kernel that has the problem below.

Context: Windows Dev Kit 2003 is the known example.

Context: main [so: 14] on/after Apr-18's 21d56b796634
         The loader.efi based on such must be used.
         The earlier Jan-18's 896f556205c8 (kernel) is needed.
         Also: Need use of hw.pac.enable=0 in loader.conf .

Context: USB3.2 media examples were Samsung PSSD T7 Touch's
         (2 GiByte and 1 GiByte) with cables for both
         USB-A and USB-C use.
         USB3.0 media examples were OWC Envoy Pro mini's
         (256 MiByte) USB-A connector.

Context: It is not clear if this is aarch64 specific
         or not. I've no other test context for it.


In testing the 2 types of USB3.* media that I've access to,
The USB3.2 media are not detected by the FreeBSD kernel when
connected to the USB-C ports (but are detected when connected
to the USB-A ports):

USB3.2 in USB-C port (no "umass0" or no "umass1" or . . .)
USB3.2 in USB-A port (works)
USB3.0 in USB-A port (works)

Unfortunately, I do not have a way to form a
USB3.0/USB-C combination.

The fact that UEFI handles all the combinations leads to
USB3.2 in USB-C as root media ending up with the kernel
unable to mount the root file system, for example.

But, if the boot does not need the media, it is just as if
it had not been plugged in, no boot -v messages about the
media at all.

(May be the Windows Dev Kit 2003 makes for a good context
to use in the effort to modernize the USB support in
FreeBSD?)


Side note:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/dev-kit/ reports:

QUOTE
When connecting an external keyboard or mouse, use the USB-A ports,
not USB-C. Using USB-C to connect a keyboard or mouse will only work
intermittently.
END QUOTE

That is not what this report is about. (Also: It is unclear
if that note is about UEFI vs. Windows vs. it being more
general.)

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