From 5c5259d68df6b39e43c47b430011e321a8f35040 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Svein Ove Aas <sveina@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 17:43:41 +0000
Subject: initrd-network: Document the need for modules

---
 nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-network.nix | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'nixos/modules/system')

diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-network.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-network.nix
index 6e226c190609..bb50d3c57b31 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-network.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-network.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ in
         kernel documentation</link>.  Otherwise, if
         <option>networking.useDHCP</option> is enabled, an IP address
         is acquired using DHCP.
+
+        You should add the module(s) required for your network card to
+        boot.initrd.availableKernelModules. lspci -v -s <ethernet controller>
+        will tell you which.
       '';
     };
 
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