[NiLuJe]

@zxczxc: You're not forced to do anything, your Kindle is in usbms mode, so you should be able to use the rescue pack. Nothing much we can do, no /var/local == no wi-fi, can't pull a working wi-fi setup out of a magician's hat ;-).

(And if you meant switching to usbnet if wi-fi is down, meh, not terribly inclined to do this, too much automagic assumptions to workaround what ultimately can only be a PEBKAC or a serious hw failure [with the exception of a full /var/local which shouldn't ever happen either] ...)