diff --git a/hosts/modules/hal/samsung/default.nix b/hosts/modules/hal/samsung/default.nix
index f5e17062..f167a110 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/hal/samsung/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/hal/samsung/default.nix
@@ -54,6 +54,29 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 let
   cfg = config.sane.hal.samsung;
+  # sus commits:
+  # - ad3e33fe071dffea07279f96dab4f3773c430fe2 (drm/panel: Move AUX B116XW03 out of panel-edp back to panel-simple)
+  #   says i should switch to `edp-panel`; chrome is lying about the panel.
+  #   - discussion: <https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/559389/>
+  #   - was tested for exynos5-peach -- which worked with the patch and uses panel_simple
+  #   - snow was *not* tested, but previously used panel_edp
+  linuxSourceHashes = {
+    "6.2.16" = "sha256-dC5lp45tU4JgHS8VWezLM/z8C8UMxaIdj5I2DleMv8c=";  #< boots
+    "6.3.13" = "sha256-bGNcuEYBHaY34OeGkqb58dXV+JF2XY3bpBtLhg634xA=";  #< boots
+    "6.4.16" = "sha256-hDhelVL20AMzQeT7IDVDI35uoGEyroVPjiszO2JZzO8=";  #< boots
+    "6.5.13" = "sha256-lCTwq+2RyZTIX1YQa/riHf1KCnS8dTrLlljjKAXudz4=";  #< boots
+    "6.6.0-rc1" = "sha256-DRai7HhWVtRB0GiRCvCv2JM2TFKRsZ60ohD6GW0b8As=";  #< boots. upstream/torvalds' tag is `v6.6-rc1`
+    "6.6.0-rc3" = "sha256-/YcuQ5UsSObqOZ0YIbcNex5HJAL8eneDDzIiTEuMDsQ=";
+    "6.6.0-rc4" = "sha256-Kbv+jU2IoC4soT3ma1ZV8Un4rTQakNjut5nlA1907GQ=";  #< boots. upstream/torvalds' tag is `v6.6-rc4`
+    "6.6.0-rc5" = "sha256-ia0F/W3BR+gD8qE5LEwUcJCqwBs3c5kj80DbeDzFFqY=";
+    "6.6.0-rc6" = "sha256-HIrn3fkoCqVSSJ0gxY6NO8I3M8P7BD5XzQpjrhdw//s=";  #< boots. upstream/torvalds' tag is `v6.6-rc6`
+    "6.6.0-rc6-bi-5188" = "sha256-TmRrPy2IhnvTVlq5bNhzsvNPgRg0qk1u2Mh3q/lBask=";  #< boots
+    "6.6.0-rc6-bi-5264" = "sha256-BXt5O9hUC9lYITBO56Rzb9XJHThjt6DuiXizUi2G6/0=";  # *does not boot*. this is commit ad3e33fe071dffea07279f96dab4f3773c430fe2; actually 6.6.0-rc1, because of merge order
+    "6.6.0-rc7" = "sha256-u+seQp82USt63zgMlvDRIpDmmWD2Pha5d41CorwY7f8=";  #< *does not boot*. upstream/torvalds' tag is `v6.6-rc7`
+    "6.6.0" = "sha256-iUTHPMbELhtRogbrKr3n2FBwj8mbGYGacy2UgjPZZNg=";  #< *does not boot*. upstream/torvalds' tag is `v6.6`
+    "6.7.12" = "sha256-6Fm7lC2bwk+wYYGeasr+6tcSw+n3VE4d9JWbc9jN6fA=";  #< *does not boot*
+    "6.10.0-rc3" = "sha256-k9Mpff96xgfTyjRMn0wOQBOm7NKZ7IDtJBRYwrnccoY=";  #< *does not boot*. upstream/torvalds' tag is `v6.10-rc3`
+  };
 in
 {
   options = {
@@ -81,14 +104,62 @@ in
     #  "sbs-charger"
     #  "sbs-manager"
 
+    # nixpkgs.hostPlatform.linux-kernel = {
+    #   # defaults:
+    #   name = "armv7l-hf-multiplatform";
+    #   # Major = "2.6";  #< default: 2.6
+    #   baseConfig = "multi_v7_defconfig";  #< default: "multi_v7_defconfig"
+    #   DTB = true;  #< DTB: compile device tree blobs
+    #   # autoModules (default: true): for config options not manually specified, answer `m` to anything which supports it.
+    #   # - this effectively builds EVERY MODULE SUPPORTED.
+    #   autoModules = true;  #< N.B.: ignored by `pkgs.linux-megous`
+    #   # preferBuiltin (default: false; true for armv7l-hf-multiplatform): for config options which default to `Y` upstream, build them as `Y` (overriding `autoModules`)
+    #   preferBuiltin = true;
 
-    boot.kernelPackages = with pkgs; linuxPackagesFor linux-exynos5-mainline;
-    # boot.kernelPackages = with pkgs; linuxPackagesFor (linux-postmarketos-exynos5.override {
-    #   linux = linux_6_6;
-    #   # linux = linux_6_8;
-    #   # linux = linux_6_9;
-    #   # optimizeForSize = true;
+    #   target = "zImage";  # <-- default
+    # };
+
+    # boot.kernelPackages = with pkgs; linuxPackagesFor (linux_6_1.override {
+    #   preferBuiltin = false;
+    #   extraConfig = "";
+    #   structuredExtraConfig = with lib.kernel; {
+    #     SUN8I_DE2_CCU = lib.mkForce no;  #< nixpkgs' option parser gets confused on this one, somehow
+    #     NET_VENDOR_MICREL = no;  #< to overcome broken KS8851_MLL (broken by nixpkgs' `extraConfig`)
+    #     # KS8851_MLL = lib.mkForce module;  #< nixpkgs' option parser gets confused on this one, somehow
+    #     #v XXX: required for e.g. SECURITY_LANDLOCK (specified by upstream nixpkgs) to take effect if `autoModules = false`
+    #     #v seems that upstream linux (the defconfigs?), it defaults to Yes for:
+    #     # - arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
+    #     # - arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
+    #     # but that it's left unset for e.g. arch/arm64/configs/pinephone_defconfig
+    #     # SECURITY = yes;
+    #   };
     # });
+    # boot.kernelPackages = with pkgs; linuxPackagesFor linux_6_1;
+    # boot.kernelPackages = with pkgs; linuxPackagesFor linux-exynos5-mainline;
+    boot.kernelPackages = with pkgs; linuxPackagesFor (linux-postmarketos-exynos5.override {
+      # linux = let version = "6.6.0-rc1"; rev = "6.6.0-rc6-bi-5264"; in {
+      #   # src = pkgs.fetchzip {
+      #   #   url = "https://git.kernel.org/stable/t/linux-6.2.16.tar.gz";
+      #   # };
+      #   src = pkgs.fetchFromGitea {
+      #     domain = "git.uninsane.org";
+      #     owner = "colin";
+      #     repo = "linux";
+      #     rev = "v${rev}";
+      #     hash = linuxSourceHashes."${rev}";
+      #   };
+      #   inherit version;
+      #   modDirVersion = version;
+      #   extraMakeFlags = [];
+      # };
+      # linux = linux_6_6;
+      # linux = linux_6_8;
+      # linux = linux_6_9;
+      linux = linux_latest;
+      # optimizeForSize = true;
+      # useEdpPanel = true;
+      revertPanelSimplePatch = true;
+    });
     # boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux-postmarketos-exynos5;
     # boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackagesFor (pkgs.linux_latest.override {
     #   structuredExtraConfig = with lib.kernel; {