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Subject: Re: Loading modules built using linux-module-build-system
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 21:35:32 +0100
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Hello,

Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:

>> Thinking more about it, what about handling the union/profile thing in
>> =E2=80=98operating-system-directory-base-entries=E2=80=99?  We could sti=
ll use
>> =E2=80=98profile-derivation=E2=80=99 with the hook you wrote, but we=E2=
=80=99d be able to keep
>> that here instead of adding it to (guix profiles).
>
> Should we just change out the "kernel" entry to be the union?  After all,
> that's what actually happens at runtime as far as the Linux kernel is
> concerned.

Yes, that sounds good.

>> Also, if we take that route, we would probably need a
>> =E2=80=98linux-module-packages=E2=80=99 field in <operating-system>.
>
> Or make the `kernel` field a list, including linux-libre ;-)

Rather than a list, we could have a =E2=80=98make-linux-libre-union=E2=80=
=99 procedure
returning a <package>, so that we preserve consistent typing.

That is, people could write:

  (kernel linux-libre)

or:

  (kernel (make-linux-libre-union linux-libre some-package))

WDYT?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.