[Mageia-dev] USB Keyboard disabled in current stage1

Tue Mar 26 20:45:40 CET 2013

Op dinsdag 26 maart 2013 18:35:00 schreef Thierry Vignaud:
+> 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?
+
+ah, sorry, all modules seem to load fine, i tested with several modules, no 
+failed modules, including xen modules
+
+that effectively solves this problem.
+