patching the kernel

branch-patch.diff

diff --git a/nixos/modules/profiles/cerana.nix b/nixos/modules/profiles/cerana.nix
index 5b312e0..91fb7ea 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/profiles/cerana.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/profiles/cerana.nix
@@ -21,4 +21,12 @@

   # Configure host id for ZFS to work
   networking.hostId = lib.mkDefault "8425e349";
+
+  nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides =
+    rec {
+      linux_4_4 = pkgs.linux_4_4.override {
+        kernelPatches = pkgs.linux_4_4.kernelPatches ++ [ pkgs.kernelPatches.delegns_4_4 ];
+      };
+  };
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
index 707ebb5..5df0cf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ let
       features.grsecurity = true;
     };

+  githubBranchPatch = { username, repository ? "linux-stable", base, branch }:
+    { name = "${username}-${base}-${branch}";
+      inherit username repository base branch;
+      patch = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/${username}/${repository}/compare/${base}...${branch}.patch";
+      };
+    };
+
 in

 rec {
@@ -158,4 +166,11 @@ rec {
     { name = "qat_common_Makefile";
       patch = ./qat_common_Makefile.patch;
     };
+
+  delegns_4_4 = githubBranchPatch
+    { username  = "cerana";
+      base      = "v4.4.1";
+      branch    = "delegns";
+    };
+
 }