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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-11 22:42:15 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-11 22:42:39 +0100
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activation: Set the firmware search path.
* gnu/build/activation.scm (activate-firmware): New procedure. * gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[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'.
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@@ -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.