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[PATCH] Revert kernel modules changes to support the Coreboot framebuffer

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 53791 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#53791] [PATCH] Revert kernel modules changes to support the Coreboot framebuffer
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 23:45:31 -0500

Hi Leo,

Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> writes:

> Original patch submission and discussion:
>
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/51619
>
> Reports of regressions that resulted:
>
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/52667
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/53554
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/53356#0-lineno7
>
> To summarize, the 4.4, 4.9, 4.14, 4.19, and 5.16 kernels cannot be used
> on Guix without the user creating a custom initrd-modules in their
> operating-system declaration.
>
> default-initrd-modules should "just work" with all the kernel series
> offered by Guix. 
>
> Anyways, it's been a while since the regressions were introduced, and
> still no solution. So I propose that we revert the changes that
> introduced the regression, for now.

Sounds reasonable to me.

Thanks,

Maxim

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