One reason 'flags 1' isn't the default is that this forces
use of the host controller before the interrupts are turned on.
This piece of code is really dodgy and used to have problems
on some platforms.  It seems somewhat better behaved these days.

What I'd like to see is the question for root device (etc.) moved
so that it happens after the kernel threads are started.  I've
not checked if this is easy.

	-- Lennart

Daniel Eggert wrote:
> I used
>     usb*    at ohci? flags 1
> and now the keyboard works when the kernel prompts for the root device. 
> I guess we should put this into GENERIC and INSTALL.
> 
> I'll go ahead and compile my own kernel with root fixed, so the kernel 
> does not prompt for it.