On 20 March 2013 21:39, AL13N <al...@rmail.be> wrote: >> >> @thierry: i donno what you think of it, but imo: >> >> A) fixing lstdetect would be the cleanest way (maybe not the simplest) >> >> B) perhaps in the comparing i can workaround this, but the compare code >> >> will not be as simple as it should... >> > >> > forgot to mention option C: >> > >> > C) using kmod in stage1 >> > >> > but option C might not be as easy and will increase the stage1 size; and >> > raises the question if stage2 is actually still needed then...? >> >> As already said, stage1 uses ldetect which use libkmod, thus we already >> are linked to it. >> mdv switched to kmod. >> You can look at it. >> But show me the patch before commiting it. >> In the meantime please upload a stage1 with your change revertd > > yeah, this might be over my head as a beginner in this kind of code... > > I was hoping a simple workaround would do for now, since we're already this > late... > > but i guess since we're linking into libkmod anyway, it might as well be done. > > i'm not confident, but i'll give it a try.
I've backported the needed changes. I've tested it with USB hid, it worked. Please test too (normal modules + xen). Then I'll submit it