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#40683
[PATCH] gnu: Add wireguard-module.
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Reported by: Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:00:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
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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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