Core Kernel modules are now installed to
/usr/lib/kernel-overlays/base/lib/modules instead of /usr/lib/modules
Firmware files are installed to
/usr/lib/kernel-overlays/base/lib/firmware instead of /usr/lib/firmware
Packages can choose to install their modules and/or firmwareinto a
different overlay directory than base so they are not automatically enabled.
A new systemd service kernel-overlays, which is run before any modules
are loaded, adds overlays enabled via /storage/.cache/kernel-overlays/*.conf
These conf files must either contain the name of a system overlay,
which will then be searched for in /usr/lib/kernel-overlays/, or an
absolute path starting with '/'.
Overlaying is implemented by symlinking files from the overlays
to /usr/lib/modules and /usr/lib/firmware as not all platforms
support overlayfs.
This overlaying system can also be used by addons to provide optional
kernel modules and/or firmware by storing the absolute path to the addon
directory in the conf file and shipping kernel modules in
<addondir>/lib/modules/<KERNELVER>.
To save space only symlinks for modules matching the currently
running kernel version are created as addons may want to ship
modules for older kernel versions as well to be backward-compatible
to older LibreELEC versions.
Changes since v1:
- fixup kernel-overlays-service: add before kmod-static-nodes.service
Fix static device nodes for module autoloading not being created.
- fixup kernel-overlays-service: fail if /usr/lib/modules exists
- squash kernel overlays: use get_kernel_overlay_dir in linux/package.mk
- Add support for firmware files via kernel overlays
- config/functions: include kernel overlays in addon installation
Signed-off-by: Matthias Reichl <hias@horus.com>
In certain situations, it is desirable for hostnames to be resolvable in
the initramfs (e.g., when a hostname is specified as the NFS server in
the "boot" or "disk" kernel parameters). If the network is up when the
init script is executed (e.g., when the "ip" kernel parameter is
specified) and a DNS server is known, write it to /etc/resolv.conf so it
can be used for DNS requests.
