guix/gnu/installer/hardware.scm
Ludovic Courtès 514fedbf39
installer: Report known-unsupported PCI devices.
* gnu/installer/hardware.scm: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (INSTALLER_MODULES): Add it.
* po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add it.
* gnu/installer.scm (installer-steps): Pass #:pci-database to the
'welcome' step procedure.
* gnu/installer/newt.scm (welcome-page): Add #:pci-database and pass it
to 'run-welcome-page'.
* gnu/installer/newt/welcome.scm (check-hardware-support): Add #:pci-database.
Enumerate unsupported PCI devices and run an error page when unsupported
devices are found.
(run-welcome-page): Add #:pci-database and pass it to
'check-hardware-support' and to the recursive call.
* gnu/installer/record.scm (<installer>)[welcome-page]: Adjust comment.
* doc/guix.texi (Hardware Considerations): Mention it.
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;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2022 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
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(define-module (gnu installer hardware)
#:use-module (gnu build linux-modules)
#:use-module (guix i18n)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-71)
#:export (unsupported-pci-device?
pci-device-description))
(define %unsupported-linux-modules
;; List of Linux modules that are useless without non-free firmware.
;;
;; Currently only drivers for PCI devices are listed. USB devices such as
;; "btintel" would require support to list USB devices and read the USB
;; device ID database. Punt for now as this is usually less critical.
;;
;; This list is currently manually maintained based on information on
;; non-free firmware available from
;; <https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware&searchon=names&suite=stable&section=all>.
'(;; WiFi.
"brcmfmac"
"ipw2100"
"ipw2200"
"iwlwifi"
"mwl8k"
"rtl8188ee"
"rtl818x_pci"
"rtl8192ce"
"rtl8192de"
"rtl8192ee"
;; Ethernet.
"bnx2"
"bnx2x"
"liquidio"
;; Graphics.
"amdgpu"
"radeon"
;; Multimedia.
"ivtv"))
(define unsupported-pci-device?
;; Arrange to load the module alias database only once.
(let ((aliases (delay (known-module-aliases))))
(lambda (device)
"Return true if DEVICE is known to not be supported by free software."
(any (lambda (module)
(member module %unsupported-linux-modules))
(matching-modules (pci-device-module-alias device)
(force aliases))))))
(define (pci-device-description pci-database)
"Return a procedure that, given a PCI device, returns a string describing
it."
(define (with-fallback lookup)
(lambda (vendor-id id)
(let ((vendor name (lookup vendor-id id)))
(values (or vendor (number->string vendor-id 16))
(or name (number->string id 16))))))
(define pci-lookup
(with-fallback (load-pci-device-database pci-database)))
(lambda (device)
(let ((vendor name (pci-lookup (pci-device-vendor device)
(pci-device-id device))))
(if (network-pci-device? device)
;; TRANSLATORS: The two placeholders are the manufacturer
;; and name of a PCI device.
(format #f (G_ "~a ~a (networking device)")
vendor name)
(string-append vendor " " name)))))