HEADSUP: USB2 now default in GENERIC kernels

[Andrew Thompson]

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 02:34:28PM -0800, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2 stack. No
> kernel config options or code have been removed so if a problem arises please
> report it and optionally revert to the old USB stack.
> 
> IMPORTANT NOTES:
> 
> 1. If you are loading USB kernel modules then ensure that these are also
>    changed over, eg uftdi.ko -> usb2_serial_ftdi.ko. You can not load oldUSB
>    modules with the GENERIC kernels.
> 
> 2. If you have a custom kernel that includes GENERIC as a base, you need to
>    ensure that any additional usb devices that you specify are changed over.
> 
> 3. The USB2 kernel options and module names are _temporary_. The next stage is
>    to move the USB2 code into its permanent location in the source tree and at
>    that point will take over the well established naming. (ie, usb, ehci, ohci,
>    uftdi). There will be no changes going from FreeBSD 7.x -> 8.0
> 
> 4. Once (3) is complete the oldUSB code will still be usable until much closer
>    to the 8.0 branch.

5. Some people have noted that the latest xorg 7.4 requires the hal
daemon to enumerate the input devices. hal does not (yet) work with USB2
so if you find that the keyboard/mouse are not working in X then try
adding the following line to the ServerLayout section in xorg.conf

 Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"


regards,
Andrew