01/07: install: Pass "modprobe.blacklist=radeon".

[guix-commits]

civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit 785919121066a10b291d783b6903b5e368e992a8
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date:   Sat Apr 20 11:43:23 2019 +0200

    install: Pass "modprobe.blacklist=radeon".
    
    * gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os)[kernel-arguments]: New field.
---
 gnu/system/install.scm | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index d887313..80b7fe8 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -427,6 +427,12 @@ Access documentation at any time by pressing Alt-F2.\x1b[0m
     (label (string-append "GNU Guix installation "
                           (package-version guix)))
 
+    ;; XXX: The AMD Radeon driver is reportedly broken, which makes kmscon
+    ;; non-functional:
+    ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-03/msg00441.html>.
+    ;; Thus, blacklist it.
+    (kernel-arguments '("modprobe.blacklist=radeon"))
+
     (file-systems
      ;; Note: the disk image build code overrides this root file system with
      ;; the appropriate one.