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| -rw-r--r-- | README.org | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nongnu/services/kernel-modules.scm | 4 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -133,20 +133,16 @@ addition to firmware. To use such hardware you will also need to add a service to load that module on boot, and blacklist conflicting kernel modules: #+BEGIN_SRC scheme - (use-modules (nongnu packages linux) - (nongnu services kernel-modules)) + (use-modules (nongnu packages linux)) (operating-system (kernel linux) ;; Blacklist conflicting kernel modules. (kernel-arguments '("modprobe.blacklist=b43,b43legacy,ssb,bcm43xx,brcm80211,brcmfmac,brcmsmac,bcma")) + (kernel-loadable-modules (list broadcom-sta)) (firmware (cons* broadcom-bt-firmware %base-firmware)) - ... - (services - (cons* (load-broadcom-sta-service) - ... - %desktop-services))) + ...) #+END_SRC * Contributing diff --git a/nongnu/services/kernel-modules.scm b/nongnu/services/kernel-modules.scm index 4fac783..92e646e 100644 --- a/nongnu/services/kernel-modules.scm +++ b/nongnu/services/kernel-modules.scm @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -;;; Copyright © 2019 Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com> +;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020 Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com> ;;; ;;; This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify ;;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ (define* (load-broadcom-sta-service #:key (broadcom-sta broadcom-sta)) "Return a service that loads the nonfree Broadcom wireless driver. +This function is here only for backwards compatibility. You should prefer +the `kernel-loadable-modules' mechanism to this now. Users should also blacklist conflicting modules by adding the following to kernel-arguments: |