[bug#40274] [PATCH v5] gnu: Add kernel-module-loader-service.

[pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)]

On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 12:20:44PM +0200, Danny Milosavljevic wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Apr 2020 17:13:05 +0000 Brice Waegeneire <address@hidden> wrote:
> > *could* be useful, to some, to pass arguments to modprobe since it is
> > present in its API; 
> Definitely could be useful.  The question is whether the complexity justifies 
> it
> and whether it can be reliable.

I need modprobe arguments in some way via some service to pass to the
uvesafb module to make graphics and kmscon work on machines without
Kernel Mode Setting (see attachment), but the (string-append …) is not
executed as a procedure, it seems.

Apr  3 14:54:45 localhost vmunix: [    9.860831] shepherd[1]: Service 
user-homes has been started.
Apr  3 14:54:45 localhost vmunix: [    9.880505] shepherd[1]: 
'/gnu/store/d064bv2b1hrb07j2zj78i608db7qldx9-kmod-26/bin/modprobe -- uvesafb 
(string-append v86d= /gnu/store/0m780n5q4cr7rqmjn5zzd6adr3042f97-v86d-0.1.10 
/sbin/v86d) mode_option=1024x768' exited with status 127; output follows:
Apr  3 14:54:45 localhost vmunix: [    9.881867] shepherd[1]: 
Apr  3 14:54:45 localhost vmunix: [    9.883595] shepherd[1]: Service 
kernel-module-loader could not be started.

Regards,
Florian

uvesafb-gexp.patch
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