Re: [Gc-linux-devel] USB keyboard not working

[Albert H. <alb...@ya...>]

> Howdy,

Hi,

>After spending several hours trying to merge the gc-linux master 
> branch into my KVM branch, I finally got a kernel that boots and runs seemingly 
> well. Unfortunately, I can not use my USB keyboard.
>
>Is there any know 
> bugs when using the IOS USB support? I certainly remember that the keyboard did 
> work with one random older binary blob kernel I got from somewhere on the wii - 
> and that was 100% running on IOS.
>

Running under IOS has a few limitations regarding USB hubs (hot plug of devices into hubs doesn't work) and configuration descriptor parsing. Also, the USB stack is limited in this case to USB 1.x mode.
Other than that I'm not aware of any other bugs for the IOS-based kernel USB support.

I'd make sure that your specific USB keyboard support is enabled on your kernel configuration.
The default configuration does not enable all possible USB HID devices.

>I've also stumbled over the SI 
> keyboard. How exactly does that 
> work?


That's a driver for a special keyboard (and some adapter clones) designed to play Phantasy Star Online.
The keyboard (or the keyboard adapter) plugs directly on a gamepad controller port.

Cheers,
Albert

PS: Note that IOS-based kernels are now deprecated. "Active" development is currently only done on MINI-based kernels.