[Nix-dev] Do we need i8042 in initrd?

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 06/04/12 20:20, Peter Simons wrote:

> the file nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix defines:
> 
>     boot.initrd.kernelModules =
>       [ ...
>         # For usual AT keyboards.
>         "i8042"
>       ];
> 
> When I boot, however, I'm seeing warnings, complaining that this module
> couldn't be loaded because it doesn't exist. Is it possible that this
> kernel module has become obsolete in Linux 3.x? 

Actually I don't know any kernel that has this module.  But the Subversion
history says:

r19006 | viric | 2009-12-17 00:45:10 +0100 (Thu, 17 Dec 2009) | 2 lines

Enabling back the i8042 module loading at initrd. Otherwise, some
may not get any keyboard driver loaded (as I experienced).

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Eelco Dolstra | http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/