You don't have to keep pasting that similar screenshot again and again. That was already in your original post. It doesn't progress the discussion.
Anyway, was the USB path correct?
FWIW, with an Ubuntu host with VMware Workstation Pro 15.5.6
The output of lsusb -t
/: Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, class="root_hub", Driver=xhci_hcd/6p, 5000M
/: Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, class="root_hub", Driver=xhci_hcd/14p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, class="Human" Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
|__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 1, class="Human" Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
|__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 0, class="Human" Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
|__ Port 4: Dev 4, If 0, class="Hub", Driver=hub/4p, 480M
|__ Port 3: Dev 6, If 1, class="Audio", Driver=snd-usb-audio, 12M
|__ Port 3: Dev 6, If 2, class="Human" Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
|__ Port 3: Dev 6, If 0, class="Audio", Driver=snd-usb-audio, 12M
|__ Port 4: Dev 7, If 0, class="Human" Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
|__ Port 4: Dev 7, If 1, class="Human" Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
|__ Port 5: Dev 8, If 0, class="Chip"/SmartCard, Driver=, 12M
|__ Port 13: Dev 5, If 0, class="Wireless", Driver=btusb, 12M
|__ Port 13: Dev 5, If 1, class="Wireless", Driver=btusb, 12M
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, class="root_hub", Driver=ehci-pci/2p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, class="Hub", Driver=hub/8p, 480M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, class="root_hub", Driver=ehci-pci/2p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, class="Hub", Driver=hub/6p, 480M
The autoconnect for the SmartCard reader inserted by Workstation Pro after VM shutdown without disconnecting the SmartCard reader.
usb_xhci.autoConnect.device0 = "path:3/5 autoclean:1"
So that would be bus 3, port 5. So it looks like path is bus and port number.
The VM was configured with USB 3.1 gen 1 controller so I think that is why it shows up as usb_xhci
I think for your case you would want autoclean to be 0.