Subject: Re: [3.14.1] is missing kernel module
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From: Eleksir <eleksir@exs-elm.ru>
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 20:44:32 +0300
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08.09.2021 16:14, Milan P. Stanić пишет:
> On Wed, 2021-09-08 at 15:56, Oleksiy Vilny wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried to connect my APC SmartUPS to Alpine Linux 3.14.1 with kernel
>> 5.10.56-0-virt (x86_64) via USB. While the UPS device was recognized
>> by the kernel and shows up in /var/log/messages, the apcupsd cannot
>> find the device. The reason is /dev/usb/hiddev[0-9] is not created.
>> According to the manual at
>> http://www.apcupsd.com/manual/manual.html#verifying-device-detection-and-driver
>> apcupsd requires the following kernel modules to be installed:
>>
>> CONFIG_USB
>> CONFIG_USB_HID
>> CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV
>>
>> The first two are present, though usbhiddev is missing:
>>
>> alpine:~# cat /boot/config-virt | grep CONFIG_USB_HID*
>> CONFIG_USB_HID=m
>> # CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV is not set
>>
>> I would kindly ask in the upcoming build the configuration to
>> be changed to
>>
>> CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y
> 
> -virt kernels are for virtual machines (qemu and similar) and they don't
> have much drivers for hardware devices enabled.
Well, its not only kernel modules issue, but i run into trouble with 
cirrus xorg driver on recent alpine. There is no cirrus xorg driver at 
all in 3.14.x

But no-one cares. I just avoid using alpine in my vm. :)
> Use 'normal' kernel, those without '-virt' in package name.
> 
>> Kind Regards, Oleksiy
> 

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