From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755090Ab2GBFw1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jul 2012 01:52:27 -0400 Received: from smtprelay-b22.telenor.se ([195.54.99.213]:44095 "EHLO smtprelay-b22.telenor.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753370Ab2GBFwZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jul 2012 01:52:25 -0400 X-SENDER-IP: [85.230.168.62] X-LISTENER: [smtp.bredband.net] X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Au5PAPI28U9V5qg+PGdsb2JhbAA9CIoVrEUZAQEBAR4ZDSeCGAEBBTocIxAIAw4KLhQlChqIIrsfFIsnFgmFG2ADlTOFZox/gVY X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.77,508,1336341600"; d="scan'208";a="73121918" From: "Henrik Rydberg" Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 07:52:31 +0200 To: Bob Tracy Cc: Greg KH , Ming Lei , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 3.5-rcX: USB support without udev? Message-ID: <20120702055231.GA3603@polaris.bitmath.org> References: <20120628131651.GA14492@gherkin.frus.com> <20120629033600.GA3591@gherkin.frus.com> <20120630033519.GA4792@kroah.com> <20120701201411.GB8603@gherkin.frus.com> <20120701204118.GA1018@polaris.bitmath.org> <20120701232542.GA11680@gherkin.frus.com> <20120702002951.GA2184@gherkin.frus.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120702002951.GA2184@gherkin.frus.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 07:29:51PM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 06:25:42PM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 10:41:18PM +0200, Henrik Rydberg wrote: > > > 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! > > That was it! Thank you! Keyboard and mouse now working fine. > > Unless there was a way to get the CONFIG_HID_GENERIC functionality > via some other mechanism prior to -rc5, I'd classify this as a > regression introduced in 3.5-rc1 that was fixed in -rc5. The option has been there since 3.5-rc1, but it was buried in the special drivers section, with a help text saying nothing about its significance. The Hitchhiker's Guide says it quite well, I think: "You hadn't exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them had you? I mean like actually telling anyone or anything." "But the plans were on display..." "On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them." "That's the display department." "With a torch." "Ah, well the lights had probably gone." "So had the stairs." "But look you found the notice didn't you?" "Yes", said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying Beware of The Leopard". Henrik