Greg KH schrieb: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 09:36:38PM +0200, Thomas Meindl wrote: > >> I recently tried to apply the patch for the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic >> Keyboard 4000 (from here: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/16/122 ) to the >> openSUSE beta1 kernel, to check whether the special keys would work with >> linux. All went nice until the last step of the modul installation with >> 'make module_install'. There I got the following message: >> >> if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F >> System.map 2.6.22.1-16-modified; fi >> WARNING: Module >> /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/net/bluetooth/hidp/hidp.ko >> ignored, due to loop >> WARNING: Loop detected: >> /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko needs >> usbhid.ko which needs hid.ko again! >> WARNING: Module >> /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko ignored, due >> to loop >> WARNING: Module >> /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbhid.ko >> ignored, due to loop >> WARNING: Module >> /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-16-modified/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbnek4k.ko >> ignored, due to loop >> >> So it seems that there's some problem with the code and the openSUSE >> kernel? Despite this fact, I installed the kernel and booted it up, and >> of course my keyboard wasn't responding anymore. >> Can anybody help me here, please? >> > > Applying random patches found around the internet is bad for your kernel > and is totally unsupported by us. > > This patch is not working and does not apply to our kernel tree, we do > not recommend it at all. Sorry about your keyboard, next time you might > want to purchase hardware from a company that isn't so Linux unfriendly > :) > > Oh, you do know about the opensuse-kernel list, right? That's the > better place for questions like this in the future. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > > p.s. Yes, people are still working on getting this hardware supported, > but it will be a while, it looks like much after 10.3 is out, sorry. > > Oh, sorry didn't know about the list. I'm just trying to patch the kernel, because of pure curiosity whether the special keys would work or not. So it's not really important for me to have them working, I'm just trying ... and kernel patching is not my discipline, but I like to learn.
About the hardware I like to say, that MS is the only one that I know that builds proper natural keyboards (which are really a salvation against tendinitis). And of course it's nice to hear that there are people on the task to get this keyboard supported. So, thanks for the fast reply, Kind regards, Tom PS: ...and of course thank you a lot for all the work on the kernel and for linux! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
