Hey, I am having issues with Kernel module name conflicts and I am looking for advice on the best way to resolve it.
I’m trying to use boot.extraModulePackages to load the it87 module https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/ffaadc7b70686e25af496c5ec2c4491ad3656b94/pkgs/os-specific/linux/it87/default.nix . Below is what I have:
boot.extraModulePackages = with config.boot.kernelPackages; [
it87
];
When I use this snippet it adds the the file it87.ko to /run/current-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules/6.1.35/kernel/drivers/hwmon/
The issue I have is the file /run/current-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules/6.1.35/kernel/drivers/hwmon/it87.ko.xz already exists and when I do a modprobe the it87.ko.xz seems to get used over the it87.ko which fails for me as the mainline version doesn’t support my hardware.
As a workaround I’ve added the below to my configuration.nix, disabling the mainline it87 module being built. This solves the problem but requires a long kernel compilation.
boot.kernelPatches = lib.singleton {
name = "disable-it87";
patch = null;
extraStructuredConfig = with lib.kernel; {
SENSORS_IT87 = no;
};
};
Does anyone have a better solution? If https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/ffaadc7b70686e25af496c5ec2c4491ad3656b94/pkgs/os-specific/linux/it87/default.nix built a ko.xz extension I’m guessing it would overwrite the default and this would be a non issue?