From f34c56be3a53c10d9a267331a0a6119c79c815a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:42:15 +0100 Subject: activation: Set the firmware search path. * gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-firmware): New procedure. * gnu/system.scm ()[firmware]: New field. (directory-union): New procedure. (%base-firmware): New variable. (operating-system-activation-script): Use 'directory-union', and call 'activate-firmware'. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document 'firmware'. --- doc/guix.texi | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index c7f72d76d1..c0bad3c7fa 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3385,6 +3385,13 @@ The system bootloader configuration object. @xref{GRUB Configuration}. A two-argument monadic procedure that returns an initial RAM disk for the Linux kernel. @xref{Initial RAM Disk}. +@item @code{firmware} (default: @var{%base-firmware}) +@cindex firmware +List of firmware packages loadable by the operating system kernel. + +The default includes firmware needed for Atheros-based WiFi devices +(Linux-libre module @code{ath9k}.) + @item @code{host-name} The host name. -- cgit v1.2.3