Description of problem: Booting my machine to a newly updated kernel fails to find module 'usbkb', which is presumably needed for my KVM device (Belkin Flip model #F1DG102U). After failing to load this module, init mentions it cannot find /dev/null. Rebooting to kernel 2.6.25.6-55 fixes the problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.25.6-55.fc9.i686 How reproducible: Very Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install F9 2. update kernel 3. boot kernel w/ substandard Belkin KVM device attached 4. watch it not find the module and not boot 5. profit ? Actual results: Can't find 'usbkb' module and doesn't boot (init fails) Expected results: Does boot Additional info:
There is a usbkbd driver in the kernel but it's not recommended to use it and we have never provided it AFAIK: config USB_KBD tristate "USB HIDBP Keyboard (simple Boot) support" depends on USB && INPUT ---help--- Say Y here only if you are absolutely sure that you don't want to use the generic HID driver for your USB keyboard and prefer to use the keyboard in its limited Boot Protocol mode instead. This is almost certainly not what you want. This is mostly useful for embedded applications or simple keyboards. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called usbkbd. If even remotely unsure, say N.
Oddness. So why does my one kernel work and not the other? I don't think I should have to rebuild a kernel in order to get this device working when it worked in the previous update, this is a build I got from yum, not a custom built version.
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