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[PATCH] gnu: linux-libre: enable hidraw by default

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Message #17 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tom Fitzhenry <tom <at> tom-fitzhenry.me.uk>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via <guix-patches <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, 55805 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#55805] [PATCH] gnu: linux-libre: enable hidraw by default
Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2022 15:46:02 +0200

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via <guix-patches <at> gnu.org>
writes:

> I agree with the content of this change, but why add it here & not to
> the kernel configuration aux-files?

My understanding of gnu/packages/linux.scm is that kernels come in two
forms:

i. "-generic" kernels, which build their .config via mainline defconfig +
  #:extra-options.
  
ii. non "-generic" kernels, which use "#:configuration-file
  kernel-config" to use the config from aux-files.

This patch solely addresses (i) kernels, since (ii) kernels already have
CONFIG_HIDRAW, as we can see by inspecting the aux-files:

$ ls gnu/packages/aux-files/linux-libre/* | wc -l
25
$ grep CONFIG_HIDRAW=y gnu/packages/aux-files/linux-libre/* | wc -l
25

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