Messages in this thread | | | From | "Henrik Rydberg" <> | Date | Mon, 2 Jul 2012 07:52:31 +0200 | Subject | Re: 3.5-rcX: USB support without udev? |
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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
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