From: Bob Tracy <rct@gherkin.frus.com>
To: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 3.5-rcX: USB support without udev?
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 18:25:42 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120701232542.GA11680@gherkin.frus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120701204118.GA1018@polaris.bitmath.org>
On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 10:41:18PM +0200, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> > Kernel built from the standard kernel.org tree. All
> > drivers needed at boot time are built-in, except now there's probably
> > something missing on the USB side of things. No initrd.
>
> Are modules turned off as well?
No. The only drivers that are built-in are the ones I need at boot time
and/or continuously thereafter. Everything else is modular.
> I cannot see your attached files, but is there any chance this is
> about HID, not USB?
Posted a follow-up message immediately when I realized I forgot to
include the config file :-(. Yes, it very well *could* be a HID issue.
I was quick to blame it on a deprecated feature that finally got
removed, when this might well have been a "disguised" regression.
> > Per the syslog entries I included in my initial post on this thread, the
> > only difference between the pre- and post- usbfs removal cases seems to
> > be whatever is needed for the input subsystem to see the USB keyboard
> > and mouse. I see the USB hubs and attached devices getting detected,
> > but whatever "glue" allows the keyboard and mouse to work isn't there,
> > and the input subsystem doesn't emit the expected messages at boot time.
>
> If you did a 'make oldconfig' on anything prior to -rc5, chances are
> you do not have CONFIG_HID_GENERIC=y in your .config.
That might well be the missing "glue." I'm building -rc5 as I type
this. Should have an answer in a few hours. Thanks for the clue!
--Bob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-01 23:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-28 13:16 3.5-rcX: USB support without udev? Bob Tracy
2012-06-28 13:39 ` Ming Lei
2012-06-29 3:36 ` Bob Tracy
2012-06-30 3:35 ` Greg KH
2012-07-01 20:14 ` Bob Tracy
2012-07-01 20:16 ` Bob Tracy
2012-07-01 20:34 ` Romain Francoise
2012-07-01 20:58 ` Romain Francoise
2012-07-01 20:41 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-07-01 23:25 ` Bob Tracy [this message]
2012-07-02 0:29 ` Bob Tracy
2012-07-02 5:52 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-07-02 13:07 ` Bob Tracy
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