linux-libre: Support module compression.

This commit adds support for GZIP compression for linux-libre kernel
modules. The initrd modules are kept uncompressed as the initrd is already
compressed as a whole.

The linux-libre kernel also supports XZ compression, but as Guix does not have
any available bindings for now, and the compression time is far more
significant, GZIP seems to be a better option.

* gnu/build/linux-modules.scm (modinfo-section-contents): Use
'call-with-gzip-input-port' to read from a module file using '.gz' extension,
(strip-extension): new procedure,
(dot-ko): adapt to support compression,
(ensure-dot-ko): ditto,
(file-name->module-name): ditto,
(find-module-file): ditto,
(load-linux-module*): ditto,
(module-name->file-name/guess): ditto,
(module-name-lookup): ditto,
(write-module-name-database): ditto,
(write-module-alias-database): ditto,
(write-module-device-database): ditto.
* gnu/installer.scm (installer-program): Add "guile-zlib" to the extensions.
* gnu/machine/ssh.scm (machine-check-initrd-modules): Ditto.
* gnu/services.scm (activation-script): Ditto.
* gnu/services/base.scm (default-serial-port): Ditto,
(agetty-shepherd-service): ditto,
(udev-service-type): ditto.
* gnu/system/image.scm (gcrypt-sqlite3&co): Ditto.
* gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (flat-linux-module-directory): Add "guile-zlib"
to the extensions and make sure that the initrd only contains
uncompressed module files.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (account-shepherd-service): Add "guile-zlib" to the
extensions.
* guix/profiles.scm (linux-module-database): Ditto.
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Mathieu Othacehe 2020-07-05 12:23:21 +02:00
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@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
#:use-module (guix modules)
#:use-module (gnu packages base)
#:use-module (gnu packages bash)
#:use-module (gnu packages guile)
#:use-module (gnu packages hurd)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-9)
@ -585,28 +586,29 @@ ACTIVATION-SCRIPT-TYPE."
(with-imported-modules (source-module-closure
'((gnu build activation)
(guix build utils)))
#~(begin
(use-modules (gnu build activation)
(guix build utils))
(with-extensions (list guile-zlib)
#~(begin
(use-modules (gnu build activation)
(guix build utils))
;; Make sure the user accounting database exists. If it
;; does not exist, 'setutxent' does not create it and
;; thus there is no accounting at all.
(close-port (open-file "/var/run/utmpx" "a0"))
;; Make sure the user accounting database exists. If
;; it does not exist, 'setutxent' does not create it
;; and thus there is no accounting at all.
(close-port (open-file "/var/run/utmpx" "a0"))
;; Same for 'wtmp', which is populated by mingetty et
;; al.
(mkdir-p "/var/log")
(close-port (open-file "/var/log/wtmp" "a0"))
;; Same for 'wtmp', which is populated by mingetty et
;; al.
(mkdir-p "/var/log")
(close-port (open-file "/var/log/wtmp" "a0"))
;; Set up /run/current-system. Among other things this
;; sets up locales, which the activation snippets
;; executed below may expect.
(activate-current-system)
;; Set up /run/current-system. Among other things
;; this sets up locales, which the activation snippets
;; executed below may expect.
(activate-current-system)
;; Run the services' activation snippets.
;; TODO: Use 'load-compiled'.
(for-each primitive-load '#$actions)))))
;; Run the services' activation snippets.
;; TODO: Use 'load-compiled'.
(for-each primitive-load '#$actions))))))
(define (gexps->activation-gexp gexps)
"Return a gexp that runs the activation script containing GEXPS."