I reproduced the problem locally and the following is happening:
- At kernel init time, static libusual is probed and it registers a driver
- When USB HCDs are loaded, khubd probes USB buses; this does kevent_add(ADD)
and loops matching drivers, then calling driver's probe routines
- The libusual is probed and correctly refuses the probe, so the result is
indistinguishable from not having a driver in the initrd
- When udev starts, it does not force any kind of re-probing of any buses.
Instead, it fetches events which kevent_add posted, then runs
modprobe usb:vXXXXpYYYY.....
The alias resolves to libusual
- The modprobe fails to load anything, because libusual is static
So, I did not think this through well enough. I expected the replay to
load correct drivers, which it attempts to do, but fails.
I was wrong in the comment #7, the workaround is to include usb-storage
with the following
cd /boot
mv initrd-2.6.18-1.2693.fc6.img initrd-2.6.18-1.2693.fc6.img.save
mkinitrd --with=usb-storage initrd-2.6.18-1.2693.fc6.img 2.6.18-1.2693.fc6
(with the appropriate kernel version used accordingly)
I reproduced the problem locally and the following is happening:
- At kernel init time, static libusual is probed and it registers a driver
- When USB HCDs are loaded, khubd probes USB buses; this does kevent_add(ADD)
and loops matching drivers, then calling driver's probe routines
- The libusual is probed and correctly refuses the probe, so the result is
indistinguishable from not having a driver in the initrd
- When udev starts, it does not force any kind of re-probing of any buses.
Instead, it fetches events which kevent_add posted, then runs
modprobe usb:vXXXXpYYYY.....
The alias resolves to libusual
- The modprobe fails to load anything, because libusual is static
So, I did not think this through well enough. I expected the replay to
load correct drivers, which it attempts to do, but fails.
I was wrong in the comment #7, the workaround is to include usb-storage 2.6.18- 1.2693. fc6.img initrd- 2.6.18- 1.2693. fc6.img. save 2.6.18- 1.2693. fc6.img 2.6.18-1.2693.fc6
with the following
cd /boot
mv initrd-
mkinitrd --with=usb-storage initrd-
(with the appropriate kernel version used accordingly)