On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 16:31 -0400, Constantine A. Murenin wrote:

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> On 06/10/2007, Karel Kulhavy  wrote:

> > Is it possible to specify the kernel that the hardware for which there are

> > drivers probing for but I don't have in my PC is absent?

>

> You might want to checkout ports/sysutils/dmassage/.

>

> Obviously, under improper use this might disable all hotpluggable USB stuff.

Ideally, you should plug in all USB gadgets you ever plan to use with

the laptop before running dmassage. If you can't do that, then you

should specifically re-enable them. Be sure to enable things like the

SCSI subsystem if you plan to use a USB mass storage device (pen drive,

external hard drive, CD-/DVD-ROM, floppy drive). I made the mistake of

leaving this out once after compiling a custom kernel, then weeks later

plugged in a pen drive and wondered why I wasn't able to mount the damn

thing. (Note this is exactly why you shouldn't compile a custom kernel

unless you know what you're doing.)
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Shawn K. Quinn