why can't I unload usbcore?

[Simon]

Try blacklisting usbcore, so that it doesn't get loaded automatically,
then rebooting.  In Gentoo this is in /etc/hotplug/blacklist, and on
Ubuntu, in /etc/modprobe.d/.
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