Seems I found a new 'magic sequence' that enables hostmode without relying on fake HNP.
Means more devices should work, no reboot should be needed, no special timings to observe.
Still needs confirmation by further tests done by the whole hostmode taskforce team, then we can fix hostmode.py in a few minutes, clean the kernel, and come up with a first semi-decent release \o/
See h-e-n ML for details, or just wait here for the rest of the story coming *really soon now* :-)

cheers
jOERG

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[edit] 3 times confirmed for my devices (N900, allegedly Transcend 2GB stick, red, transparent, green LED)
For developers: https://garage.maemo.org/pipermail/h...10/000025.html (Attention! >800kB)[/edit]
[edit2]reports about devices not detected might be related to termination (cmd X/Y/Z) and speed (cmd I/i).[/edit2]
[edit3]Paul remarked there's a bug in termination setting of the patched kernel version I use. Mohammad is about to build a fixed one[/edit3]
[edit4]tried to help a little bit and checked and possibly fixed above mentioned bugs (plus some) - sent mail to h-e-n[/edit4]