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

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 08:24:55PM +0200, Eelco Dolstra wrote:
> 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).

I've no idea what kernel may that be.

You can remove it, and if I notice something, I'll have the oportunity to write
a svn commit log again. :)

Regards,
Lluís.