When building linux-libre-arm64-generic with %base-initrd-modules, the
linux-modules derivation fails with `kernel module not found "ahci"'.
Here's the steps to reproduce:
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$ cat minimal.scm
(use-modules
(gnu packages linux)
(gnu bootloader)
(gnu bootloader grub)
(gnu system file-systems))
(operating-system
(host-name "foobar")
(timezone "Australia/Sydney")
(locale "en_AU.utf8")
(bootloader (bootloader-configuration
(bootloader grub-efi-removable-bootloader)
(targets '("/boot/efi"))))
(kernel linux-libre-arm64-generic)
(file-systems (cons* (file-system
(device (file-system-label "my-root"))
(mount-point "/")
(type "ext4"))
(file-system
(device (file-system-label "boot"))
(mount-point "/boot/efi")
(type "vfat"))
%base-file-systems)))
$ guix time-machine --commit=a99015c8783eb5281618173779a0550b15a79617 --
system reconfigure minimal.scm
$ zcat /var/log/guix/drvs/f3/2ljaayhsdlza6napn6d62ra1x5cm5f-linux-modules.drv.gz
Backtrace:
5 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/bpaj7mfbws69b7pfwrdl7dw5pzs?")
In ice-9/eval.scm:
619:8 4 (_ #f)
626:19 3 (_ #<directory (guile-user) 5ebc80>)
293:34 2 (_ #(#<directory (guile-user) 5ebc80> #<procedure loo?>))
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
586:17 1 (map1 ("ahci" "usb-storage" "uas" "usbhid" "hid-gene?" ?))
In gnu/build/linux-modules.scm:
257:5 0 (_)
gnu/build/linux-modules.scm:257:5: kernel module not found "ahci"
"/gnu/store/lvdihzd96kwqf31gs37n2b8ykdv1jp07-linux-libre-arm64-generic-5.17.14/lib/modules"
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This fails beacuse %base-initrd-modules expects the "ahci" module, but
linux-libre-arm64-generic has that built in[0].
Workarounds for users include:
* use linux-libre-5.17, which has the disadvantage that
linux-libre-5.17 is built from aux-files/linux-libre/*.conf rather
than defconfig, thus making it less clear how much linux-libre-5.17
has deviated from mainline's defconfig.
* don't use %base-initrd-modules, which has the disadvantage that users
have to figure out which modules should be in their initrd
* disabling the check (?), which has the disadvantage that the check can be
useful
Ideally users could use linux-libre-arm64-generic with
%base-initrd-modules. To do this, we could:
* replace "CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=m" with "CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y" in
gnu/packages/aux-files/linux-libre/*.conf .
* remove "ahci" from %base-initrd-modules
This amounts to converging aux-files/linux-libre/* towards the mainline
defconfigs. Is this a goal?
Thoughts?
0. CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y,
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig?h=v5.17.14#n291
