[systemd-devel] [PATCH 0/2] (dracut) hwdb needed in early boot for some keyboards

[Kay Sievers]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Colin Guthrie <colin at mageia.org> wrote:
> In this bug report https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11645 a user is
> unable to enter their encrypted root password via a wireless keyboard
> connected with a Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver.

This sounds weird. Why exactly is this needed. The hwdb should be
non-essential information only, and not be needed for basic operations
or in the initrd.

If the basics of the keyboard aren't working properly, it might need a
kernel fix.

Kay