Bug#782442: USB3 external HDD not recognized [regression]

[Ralf Jung <post@ralfj.de>]

Hi again,

> Indeed doing "echo 'on' | sudo tee /sys/bus/pci/devices/*/power/control"
> fixes the problem: When I subsequently plug in the disk, it is
> recognized correctly. I confirmed this with an older kernel (the 3.16
> Debian kernel, to be more precise). That's good to know, now I don't
> need to reboot to a different kernel anymore to do fast backups ;-)

Is there any news on this? Any further information I can provide to help
fix the issue?

Kind regards,
Ralf