bug#53554: closed (linux-libre 5.16 doesn't work with our default-initrd-modules)

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Your message dated Wed, 9 Feb 2022 11:39:00 -0500
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and subject line Re: bug#52667: System reconfiguration fails to build 
linux-modules.drv
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #52667,
regarding linux-libre 5.16 doesn't work with our default-initrd-modules
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> linux-libre 5.16 doesn't work with our default-initrd-modules
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> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:24:47 -0500
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> As described in the patch ticket for linux-libre 5.16 [0], this kernel
> series doesn't work by default on Guix System.
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> To paraphrase my request for help from that ticket:
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> When I test this package with `guix system vm --no-grafts
> doc/os-config-bare-bones.texi`, Guix fails to build the VM with this
> error message:
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> gnu/build/linux-modules.scm:257:5: kernel module not found 
> "framebuffer_coreboot" 
> "/gnu/store/fffl383am3si0f1brb5azyqcnrnp5rj3-linux-libre-5.16/lib/modules"
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> We added a dependency on this module in commit bc09e7ab569, "gnu:
> linux-libre: Support the Coreboot framebuffer." [1]
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> Among other things, that commit sets
> "CONFIG_GOOGLE_FRAMEBUFFER_COREBOOT=m" and adds 'framebuffer_coreboot'
> to ((gnu system linux-initrd) default-initrd-modules).
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> But, this config option is not offered to me when creating the config
> files, and so the module is not built.
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> Any advice? It would be great if we didn't have to manually edit the
> configs each time we add a new kernel series.
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> [0] https://issues.guix.gnu.org/53356#0
> [1] 
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=bc09e7ab569d5306ce99c5525150695c9d539ef0
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> Re: bug#52667: System reconfiguration fails to build linux-modules.drv
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> Date: 
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> Wed, 9 Feb 2022 11:39:00 -0500
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> On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 09:35:52PM +0100, Vivien Kraus via Bug reports for GNU 
> Guix wrote:
> > On master, I can’t reconfigure my system, because the linux-modules.drv
> > fails with the following error:
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> > gnu/build/linux-modules.scm:257:5: kernel module not found "simplefb" 
> > "/gnu/store/1ai7mxw5ad58ic9slxsjzsxaryi5wksp-linux-libre-5.10.87/lib/modules"
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> This should be fixed with commit
> fd6cfbc05ac093a6b9497e6c38bb4678f33ac14d
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