* bug#31887: Modules missing to boot on VMWare
@ 2018-06-18 20:58 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2018-06-20 21:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer @ 2018-06-18 20:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 31887
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Although we don't want to support non-free software, perhaps it would
be nice to support booting Guix on VMWare without the user needing to
do anything extra.
While experimenting, I found out that if we just add the following
three Linux modules to the standard initrd, Guix can boot on VMWare
just fine: mptbase, mptscsih, mptspi
mptspi depends on mptscsih, and both depend on mptbase, so if
dependencies are handled automatically, declaring mptspi should be
enough.
Taylan
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* bug#31887: Modules missing to boot on VMWare
2018-06-18 20:58 bug#31887: Modules missing to boot on VMWare Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
@ 2018-06-20 21:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-06-21 18:19 ` Taylan Kammer
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2018-06-20 21:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer; +Cc: 31887
Hello Taylan,
Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer" <taylanbayirli@gmail.com> skribis:
> Although we don't want to support non-free software, perhaps it would
> be nice to support booting Guix on VMWare without the user needing to
> do anything extra.
>
> While experimenting, I found out that if we just add the following
> three Linux modules to the standard initrd, Guix can boot on VMWare
> just fine: mptbase, mptscsih, mptspi
>
> mptspi depends on mptscsih, and both depend on mptbase, so if
> dependencies are handled automatically, declaring mptspi should be
> enough.
Currently every module we add to the initrd is actually loaded, so we
have to think twice before adding more. In this case I’d rather punt.
Danny and I started work a while back to load modules on demand à la
udev, so we could revisit that decision when this is implemented. Now,
if that only benefits VMWare, it’s low-priority for me.
Ludo’.
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* bug#31887: Modules missing to boot on VMWare
2018-06-20 21:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2018-06-21 18:19 ` Taylan Kammer
2018-06-21 20:52 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Taylan Kammer @ 2018-06-21 18:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ludovic Courtès; +Cc: 31887
ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Hello Taylan,
>
> Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer" <taylanbayirli@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> Although we don't want to support non-free software, perhaps it would
>> be nice to support booting Guix on VMWare without the user needing to
>> do anything extra.
>>
>> While experimenting, I found out that if we just add the following
>> three Linux modules to the standard initrd, Guix can boot on VMWare
>> just fine: mptbase, mptscsih, mptspi
>>
>> mptspi depends on mptscsih, and both depend on mptbase, so if
>> dependencies are handled automatically, declaring mptspi should be
>> enough.
>
> Currently every module we add to the initrd is actually loaded, so we
> have to think twice before adding more. In this case I’d rather punt.
>
> Danny and I started work a while back to load modules on demand à la
> udev, so we could revisit that decision when this is implemented. Now,
> if that only benefits VMWare, it’s low-priority for me.
Understood and agreed. :-)
Should this bug remain open as a reminder?
> Ludo’.
Taylan
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* bug#31887: Modules missing to boot on VMWare
2018-06-21 18:19 ` Taylan Kammer
@ 2018-06-21 20:52 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2018-06-21 20:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Taylan Kammer; +Cc: 31887
Taylan Kammer <taylanbayirli@gmail.com> skribis:
> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> Hello Taylan,
>>
>> Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer" <taylanbayirli@gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> Although we don't want to support non-free software, perhaps it would
>>> be nice to support booting Guix on VMWare without the user needing to
>>> do anything extra.
>>>
>>> While experimenting, I found out that if we just add the following
>>> three Linux modules to the standard initrd, Guix can boot on VMWare
>>> just fine: mptbase, mptscsih, mptspi
>>>
>>> mptspi depends on mptscsih, and both depend on mptbase, so if
>>> dependencies are handled automatically, declaring mptspi should be
>>> enough.
>>
>> Currently every module we add to the initrd is actually loaded, so we
>> have to think twice before adding more. In this case I’d rather punt.
>>
>> Danny and I started work a while back to load modules on demand à la
>> udev, so we could revisit that decision when this is implemented. Now,
>> if that only benefits VMWare, it’s low-priority for me.
>
> Understood and agreed. :-)
>
> Should this bug remain open as a reminder?
Yes, I think so.
Ludo’.
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