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[Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 09:55:59AM +0100, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote:
> Eric Schabell a ?crit :
> >Howdy ISO makers!
> >
> >Was talking with you on irc yesterday about testing this iso for
> >installing with usb storage and scsi cdrom enabled laptop. 
> >
> >Results == zero
> >
> >This iso also contains no usb modules (if it is static then I don't see
> >it detecting anything usb...).
> >
> >Thanks anyway and hope to see an iso with the provided (on irc
> >yesterday) usb options included in static/module form.
> >
> >erics
> 
> USB modules are on the ISO. However, they are not part of the inird (and 
> thus do not appear on the initrd menu) to reduce the initrd size. USB 
> modules should be automatically loaded by hotplug (which is started 
> before the installater menu). I tested here with a USB mass storage 
> device and usb-storage kernel module was properly and automatically 
> loaded. The test has been done using uhci (in vmware).
> 
> What is your USB controller type? UHCI, OHCI or EHCI?
> Can you send us the dmesg output once the ISO has booted?
> 

This has bitten several users before [0], hotplug will not save you since
the users ive talked to cant get past the initrd menu since the keyboard
doesnt work! I would suggest just using the suggested patch and just
putting usb controller + keyboard support directly in the kernel. Things
like keyboard support really should NOT be outside the kernel in
module-land, its just asking for trouble.

[0] http://bugs.sourcemage.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7911