linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.20-rc7: hid on PPC

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Date:	Sun, 4 Feb 2007 03:00:46 +0100
From:	Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@...ec.de>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc7: hid on PPC

On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 the mental interface of
Jiri Kosina told:

> On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> 
> > it would be great, if we can choose pb_fnmode while configure the 
> > kernel. I have a PowerBook5,6 but want fkeysfirst. So I have to # echo 2 
> > >| /sys/module/hid/parameters/pb_fnmode by hand after each boot. The 
> > module-parm pb_fnmode doesn't work either in /etc/modules nor in a 
> > modprobe instruction while boot. An modprobe -r usb-hid hid; sleep 2; 
> > modprobe hid pb_fnmode=2; modprobe usb-hid works on a fresh booted 
> > machine. Else module-parm isn't available with a built-in hid, though.
> 
> Hi Elimar,
> 
> sorry, but I don't seem to understand your problem. There are two 
> situations - either you have hid bultin in kernel, or compiled as a 
> module. In the first case, you simply modify the kernel boot commandline 
> to contain a string 
> 
> 	hid.pb_fnmode=2 

This works fine, thanks ;)

> and that's it. In the latter case, you add something like 
> 
> 	options hid     pb_fnmode=2
> 
> into the /etc/modprobe.conf file (or you can use any distro-specific way 
> to pass parameters to modules, such as /etc/modprobe.d). This is standard 
> way to do things, and it works also with hid.

Hmmm, I've had "options hid     pb_fnmode=2" in /etc/modprobe.d/hid,
which did not work. But "options hid pb_fnmode=2" in
/etc/modprobe.conf works well ;)

> I don't think there is a need to have this as a separate kernel 
> configuration option.

Thanks, sorry for the noise.

Elimar

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