[Mageia-dev] USB Keyboard disabled in current stage1

Sat Mar 23 13:31:29 CET 2013

On 20 March 2013 21:39, AL13N <alien at rmail.be> wrote:
+>> >> @thierry: i donno what you think of it, but imo:
+>> >> A) fixing lstdetect would be the cleanest way (maybe not the simplest)
+>> >> B) perhaps in the comparing i can workaround this, but the compare code
+>> >> will not be as simple as it should...
+>> >
+>> > forgot to mention option C:
+>> >
+>> > C) using kmod in stage1
+>> >
+>> > but option C might not be as easy and will increase the stage1 size; and
+>> > raises the question if stage2 is actually still needed then...?
+>>
+>> As already said, stage1 uses ldetect which use libkmod, thus we already
+>> are linked to it.
+>> mdv switched to kmod.
+>> You can look at it.
+>> But show me the patch before commiting it.
+>> In the meantime please upload a stage1 with your change revertd
+>
+> yeah, this might be over my head as a beginner in this kind of code...
+>
+> I was hoping a simple workaround would do for now, since we're already this
+> late...
+>
+> but i guess since we're linking into libkmod anyway, it might as well be done.
+>
+> i'm not confident, but i'll give it a try.
+
+I've backported the needed changes.
+I've tested it with USB hid, it worked.
+Please test too (normal modules + xen).
+Then I'll submit it
+