[PlanetCCRMA] /proc/bus/usb and hotplug with FC2 ccrma kernels, source for FC2 ccrma kernels

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 16:41, Lance Blisters wrote:
> I have fedora core 2, ccrma core and core-edge, hotplug, 
> midisportfirmware-0.5, using yum
> 
> Booting 2.6.9-1.6_FC2 /proc/bus/usb is populated, 
> and hotplugging works.
> 
> Booting 2.6.9-2.2.rdt.rhfc2.ccrma or 2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc2.ccrma 
> kernel, /proc/bus/usb stays empty and hotplugging does not work.
> After plugging in oxygen8, dmesg shows only:
> usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
> 
> diff  /boot/config-2.6.9-2.2.rdt.rhfc2.ccrma /boot/config-2.6.9-1.6_FC2 
> doesn't show any obvious problems
> 
> 
> 1. Does anyone know how to get /proc/bus/usb/ working?  Or is the root
> of my problem hotplugging under ccrma kernels elsewhere?

The root cause is that the usb filesystem changed names in newer
kernels, instead of "usbdevfs" it is now only "usbfs". This is mounted
in rc.sysinit (in /etc/rc.d). Changing the name in that file (be
careful) should fix the problem. 

> 2. I can't find the kernel source for ccrma kernels.  Am I missing 
> something obvious?  I tried using yum search, only the fc2 kernels
> had source packages.  Tried using apt-get source on a kernel-package,
> couldn't find matching source package.  Even though I couldn't 
> identify a kernel config option which was obviously responsible for 
> my hotplug problems, I'd like to have the option of rebuilding the 
> ccrma kernels to my liking.
> 
> [root]~# yum search kernel | grep source | grep -v alsa
> Available package: kernel-source.i386 0:2.6.5-1.358 from base matches with
> Installed package: kernel-sourcecode.noarch 0:2.6.9-1.6_FC2 matches with
> 
> I did find http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/all/linux/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9-2.2.rdt.src.rpm
> but it is not clear if/how this differs from the rdt.rhfc2 kernel.  
> Could not find anything for 2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc2.ccrma

It's the same source package for both the fc2 and fc3 builds. 
-- Fernando