Notes on gentoo for amd64, on the sw33t demo box

gentoo
gentoo-nofb
gentoo-nofb noapic

All die while loading the module “hid”. That’s “human interface devices” … thanks for asking.

gentoo-nofb noapic nousb
gentoo-nofb nodetect

Boots, but no keyboard support. Infuriating, because the bootloader can find the goddamn keyboard, but the kernel throws up its hands.

gentoo-nofb noapic noload=hid

Dies while loading the module “usb-storage”

gentoo-nofb noapic noload=hid,usb-storage

Dies while loading “usbhid”.

gentoo-nofb noapic noload=hid,usb-storage,usbhid

Boots, but no keyboard support.

So I can either have a kernel that boots, OR have a keyboard that works, but not both.

–UPDATE–

Turns out that the x86 install image works fine. Of course, this is a 32 bit install image, so I’ll have to cross-compile fucking everything, reinstalling as I go … but hey … why else be a computer geek, right? Why the different drivers for USB between the images? How the hell should I know.

So filled with hate.

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