[bug#40683] [PATCH] gnu: Add wireguard-module.

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via <guix-patches@gnu.org>]

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Brice!

Brice Waegeneire 写道：
> This patch add wireguard as a loadable Linux kernel module which 
> allow using
> it Linux version < 5.6 without having to rebuild the entire 
> kernel.

Thanks!

> +(define-public wireguard-module
> +  (package
> +    (inherit wireguard-linux-compat)
> +    (name "wireguard-module")

2x s/module/linux-module/

> +    (build-system linux-module-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +     `(#:tests? #f                      ; No test suite
> +       #:phases
> +       (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +         (add-before 'build 'change-directory
> +           (lambda _
> +             (chdir "./src")
> +             #t)))))
> +    (synopsis "WireGuard loadable kernel module for Linux 3.10 
> through 5.5")
> +    (description "This is a loadable Linux kernel module for 
> WireGuard
> +supporting kernel versions 3.10 through 5.5.  WireGuard was 
> added to Linux
> +5.6.

I think we should say ‘Linux-Libre’ here (yes, even though it 
loads on any *Linux) but I'm never entirely sure.

> It ought to be used by adding it to the 
> @code{kernel-loadable-modules}
> +field and loaded in memeory by @command{modprobe} or
> +@code{kernel-module-loader-service-type}.")))

This can go; it belongs in the manual and is already explained 
there.

LGTM with these changes, but curious what others think about 
‘Linux’,

T G-R

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