IMX6 Cubox-i F710 controller not recognised on boot but OK after Kodi restart

I have a Logitech F710 game pad that used to work, flawlessly, on 8.1.xx systems but has started causing issues on boot/reboot. This is only on IMX6 as I have tested on RPi2 without issue.

The F710 is a “clone” of the XBOX controller and works with the standard Kodi controller configuration.

The Logitech Keyboard K400 works without issue which uses a similar USB transmitter.

On boot or reboot Game Pad fails to work

Kodi.log

dmesg

After Kodi restart “systemctl restart kodi” the Game Pad works

Kodi.log

I’ve tried redoing the controller configuration without success. Ditto swapping cables, position of the transmitter etc. I’m using 2 USB hubs so putting the USB transmitter directly into the Cubox-i USB port is not really an option.

Any ideas?

Partial fix is to push a button or two whilst LE is booting.