nix-git/hosts/yodaTux/old-kernel-with-working-lan.nix

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{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
# Working LAN Internet vs mainline Linux.
#
# With the in-tree kernel driver r8169 for the network card (LAN and Wi-Fi), LAN Internet is not working.
#
# With the out-of-tree r8168 kernel driver, LAN is working.
# https://github.com/avnik/nixos-configs/blob/master/modules/r8168.nix
# https://github.com/poscat0x04/nixos-configuration/blob/master/hardware/profiles/r8168.nix
# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/961c422b48b3458a01a9c0f2a24e25a1d61018e9/pkgs/os-specific/linux/r8168/default.nix#L51-L52
# But this requires an old kernel version (we use 5.15 LTS) as r8168 is broken for 6 <= kernel <= 6.8
# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/256329
# -> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/311238
boot.blacklistedKernelModules = [ "r8169" ];
boot.extraModulePackages = [
config.boot.kernelPackages.r8168
];
# LTS, see https://endoflife.date/linux
# TODO: When NixOS 26.05 is out, this kernel is near EOL
#boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_5_15;
# LTS, see https://endoflife.date/linux
# TODO: When NixOS 26.05 is out, this kernel is near EOL
boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_6_1;
nixpkgs.config.allowBroken = true;
}