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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/build/activation.scm')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm index 142ed8f693..3eebb71dfc 100644 --- a/gnu/build/activation.scm +++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ activate-setuid-programs activate-/bin/sh activate-modprobe + activate-firmware activate-current-system)) ;;; Commentary: @@ -259,6 +260,15 @@ copy SOURCE to TARGET." (lambda (port) (display modprobe port)))) +(define (activate-firmware directory) + "Tell the kernel to look for device firmware under DIRECTORY. This +mechanism bypasses udev: it allows Linux to handle firmware loading directly +by itself, without having to resort to a \"user helper\"." + (call-with-output-file "/sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path" + (lambda (port) + (display directory port)))) + + (define %current-system ;; The system that is current (a symlink.) This is not necessarily the same ;; as the system we booted (aka. /run/booted-system) because we can re-build |