[Mageia-dev] USB Keyboard disabled in current stage1

Tue Mar 26 18:35:00 CET 2013

On 23 March 2013 13:31, Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud at gmail.com> 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
+
+Ping? Can you test it?
+