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author | Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> | 2021-12-23 00:48:40 -0500 |
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committer | Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> | 2021-12-30 15:58:24 -0500 |
commit | c7d74a9bccfc1b1274fc8754a6e78bb6887c7fea (patch) | |
tree | 5b9d03c4ccdacf4ccb84df934aaf10e33996bc8e /doc/guix-cookbook.texi | |
parent | d6b519c7184bba64977f2ae89195731b2c77d34f (diff) | |
download | guix-c7d74a9bccfc1b1274fc8754a6e78bb6887c7fea.tar.gz |
doc: cookbook: Update custom kernel guide.
* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Customizing the Kernel): Adjust to new interface.
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diff --git a/doc/guix-cookbook.texi b/doc/guix-cookbook.texi index e19ab9c51b..d2ce525998 100644 --- a/doc/guix-cookbook.texi +++ b/doc/guix-cookbook.texi @@ -1430,37 +1430,34 @@ The @code{linux-libre} kernel package definition is actually a procedure which creates a package. @lisp -(define* (make-linux-libre version hash supported-systems - #:key - ;; A function that takes an arch and a variant. - ;; See kernel-config for an example. - (extra-version #false) - (configuration-file #false) - (defconfig "defconfig") - (extra-options %default-extra-linux-options) - (patches (list %boot-logo-patch))) +(define* (make-linux-libre* version gnu-revision source supported-systems + #:key + (extra-version #f) + ;; A function that takes an arch and a variant. + ;; See kernel-config for an example. + (configuration-file #f) + (defconfig "defconfig") + (extra-options %default-extra-linux-options)) ...) @end lisp -The current @code{linux-libre} package is for the 5.1.x series, and is +The current @code{linux-libre} package is for the 5.15.x series, and is declared like this: @lisp -(define-public linux-libre - (make-linux-libre %linux-libre-version - %linux-libre-hash - '("x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "armhf-linux" "aarch64-linux") - #:patches %linux-libre-5.1-patches - #:configuration-file kernel-config)) +(define-public linux-libre-5.15 + (make-linux-libre* linux-libre-5.15-version + linux-libre-5.15-gnu-revision + linux-libre-5.15-source + '("x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "armhf-linux" "aarch64-linux" "riscv64-linux") + #:configuration-file kernel-config)) @end lisp Any keys which are not assigned values inherit their default value from the @code{make-linux-libre} definition. When comparing the two snippets above, -you may notice that the code comment in the first doesn't actually refer to -the @code{#:extra-version} keyword; it is actually for -@code{#:configuration-file}. Because of this, it is not actually easy to -include a custom kernel configuration from the definition, but don't worry, -there are other ways to work with what we do have. +notice the code comment that refers to @code{#:configuration-file}. Because of +this, it is not actually easy to include a custom kernel configuration from the +definition, but don't worry, there are other ways to work with what we do have. There are two ways to create a kernel with a custom kernel configuration. The first is to provide a standard @file{.config} file during the build process by @@ -1560,14 +1557,15 @@ custom kernel: (@@@@ (gnu packages linux) %default-extra-linux-options))) (define-public linux-libre-macbook41 - ;; XXX: Access the internal 'make-linux-libre' procedure, which is + ;; XXX: Access the internal 'make-linux-libre*' procedure, which is ;; private and unexported, and is liable to change in the future. - ((@@@@ (gnu packages linux) make-linux-libre) (@@@@ (gnu packages linux) %linux-libre-version) - (@@@@ (gnu packages linux) %linux-libre-hash) - '("x86_64-linux") - #:extra-version "macbook41" - #:patches (@@@@ (gnu packages linux) %linux-libre-5.1-patches) - #:extra-options %macbook41-config-options)) + ((@@@@ (gnu packages linux) make-linux-libre*) + (@@@@ (gnu packages linux) linux-libre-version) + (@@@@ (gnu packages linux) linux-libre-gnu-revision) + (@@@@ (gnu packages linux) linux-libre-source) + '("x86_64-linux") + #:extra-version "macbook41" + #:extra-options %macbook41-config-options)) @end lisp In the above example @code{%file-systems} is a collection of flags enabling |