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| -rw-r--r-- | pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix index e6d45af7c59..002c2997cd6 100644 --- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix +++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix @@ -1,3 +1,21 @@ +/* + + WARNING/NOTE: whenever you want to add an option here you need to + either + + * mark it as an optional one with `?` suffix, + * or make sure it works for all the versions in nixpkgs, + * or check for which kernel versions it will work (using kernel + changelog, google or whatever) and mark it with `versionOlder` or + `versionAtLeast`. + + Then do test your change by building all the kernels (or at least + their configs) in nixpkgs or else you will guarantee lots and lots + of pain to users trying to switch to an older kernel because of some + hardware problems with a new one. + +*/ + { stdenv, version, kernelPlatform, extraConfig, features }: with stdenv.lib; |