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| author | raid5atemyhomework <raid5atemyhomework@protonmail.com> | 2021-03-22 11:23:32 +0800 |
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| committer | Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> | 2021-05-11 16:13:48 +0200 |
| commit | a3df382525ac515d1aa083f7f5bd3bd31eb1df40 (patch) | |
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| parent | bddad00bffc5837e89942756fa5b7234f63f1f47 (diff) | |
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gnu: Allow services to install kernel-loadable modules.
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-directory-base-entries): Remove code
to handle generation of "kernel" for linux-libre kernels.
(operating-system-default-essential-services): Instantiate
linux-builder-service-type.
(package-for-kernel): Move ...
* gnu/services.scm: ... to here.
(linux-builder-service-type): New variable.
(linux-builder-configuration): New type.
(linux-loadable-module-service-type): New variable.
* gnu/tests/linux-modules.scm (run-loadable-kernel-modules-test): Move
code to ...
(run-loadable-kernel-modules-test-base): ... new procedure here.
(run-loadable-kernel-modules-service-test): New procedure.
(%test-loadable-kernel-modules-service-0): New variable.
(%test-loadable-kernel-modules-service-1): New variable.
(%test-loadable-kernel-modules-service-2): New variable.
* doc/guix.texi: Document linux-loadable-module-service-type.
Signed-off-by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 0947b9f028..c39cc4a6bd 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -34280,6 +34280,28 @@ configuration when you use @command{guix system reconfigure}, @command{guix system init}, or @command{guix deploy}. @end defvr +@defvr {Scheme Variable} linux-loadable-module-service-type +Type of the service that collects lists of packages containing +kernel-loadable modules, and adds them to the set of kernel-loadable +modules. + +This service type is intended to be extended by other service types, +such as below: + +@lisp +(define module-installing-service-type + (service-type + (name 'module-installing-service) + (extensions (list (service-extension linux-loadable-module-service-type + (const (list module-to-install-1 + module-to-install-2))))) + (default-value #f))) +@end lisp + +This does not actually load modules at bootup, only adds it to the +kernel profile so that it @emph{can} be loaded by other means. +@end defvr + @node Shepherd Services @subsection Shepherd Services |