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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:16:28 +0100
From: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
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Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] [nailed] USB boot failure: USB: EHCI: make ehci-pci
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Hi,

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 07:44:36AM +0100, Andreas Mohr wrote:
> So, what to do? I'm now going to do some experimentation with git revert
> on some revision, and I'm trying to establish the USB port dependency
> (BIOS-owned handoff root hub invisible!?, as discussed in initial mail).


After some bingo moment, seems the solution is easier than expected:

andi@andinet:~$ ls /tmp/initrd_extracted/lib/modules/3.7.0-rc5+/kernel/drivers/usb/host/
ehci-hcd.ko  ohci-hcd.ko  uhci-hcd.ko  xhci-hcd.ko
andi@andinet:~$ ls /lib/modules/3.7.0-rc5+/kernel/drivers/usb/host/
ehci-hcd.ko  isp116x-hcd.ko   sl811_cs.ko   uhci-hcd.ko
ehci-pci.ko  ohci-hcd.ko      sl811-hcd.ko  whci
hwa-hc.ko    r8a66597-hcd.ko  u132-hcd.ko   xhci-hcd.ko

So it's probably only that the initrd simply fails to ship
the ehci-pci.ko module (I could verify this by extending initrd content, BTW).
Now the question would be:
are modules listed in a static list on initramfs package/config side,
or does the kernel fail to signal the list of required modules properly?
(e.g. did some config-side files fail to get upgraded for this dependency??)


So maybe it's not a "regression" per se, but it's at least a grave
usability issue on kernel upgrade which should be handled as benignly as
possible (i.e., without any disruption).

Thanks,

Andreas Mohr