# This module contains the basic configuration for building a NixOS # tarball for the sheevaplug. { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let # A dummy /etc/nixos/configuration.nix in the booted CD that # rebuilds the CD's configuration (and allows the configuration to # be modified, of course, providing a true live CD). Problem is # that we don't really know how the CD was built - the Nix # expression language doesn't allow us to query the expression being # evaluated. So we'll just hope for the best. dummyConfiguration = pkgs.writeText "configuration.nix" '' { config, pkgs, ... }: { # Add your own options below and run "nixos-rebuild switch". # E.g., # services.openssh.enable = true; } ''; pkgs2storeContents = l : map (x: { object = x; symlink = "none"; }) l; # A clue for the kernel loading kernelParams = pkgs.writeText "kernel-params.txt" '' Kernel Parameters: init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams} ''; in { imports = [ ./system-tarball.nix ]; # Disable some other stuff we don't need. security.sudo.enable = false; # Include only the en_US locale. This saves 75 MiB or so compared to # the full glibcLocales package. i18n.supportedLocales = ["en_US.UTF-8/UTF-8" "en_US/ISO-8859-1"]; # Include some utilities that are useful for installing or repairing # the system. environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.subversion # for nixos-checkout pkgs.w3m # needed for the manual anyway pkgs.ddrescue pkgs.ccrypt pkgs.cryptsetup # needed for dm-crypt volumes # Some networking tools. pkgs.sshfsFuse pkgs.socat pkgs.screen pkgs.wpa_supplicant # !!! should use the wpa module # Hardware-related tools. pkgs.sdparm pkgs.hdparm pkgs.dmraid # Tools to create / manipulate filesystems. pkgs.btrfsProgs # Some compression/archiver tools. pkgs.unrar pkgs.unzip pkgs.zip pkgs.xz pkgs.dar # disk archiver # Some editors. pkgs.nvi pkgs.bvi # binary editor pkgs.joe ]; boot.loader.grub.enable = false; boot.loader.generationsDir.enable = false; system.boot.loader.kernelFile = "uImage"; boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "mvsdio" "mmc_block" "reiserfs" "ext3" "ums-cypress" "rtc_mv" "ext4" ]; boot.postBootCommands = '' mkdir -p /mnt cp ${dummyConfiguration} /etc/nixos/configuration.nix ''; boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands = '' cp ${pkgs.utillinux}/sbin/hwclock $out/bin ''; boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = '' hwclock -s ''; boot.kernelParams = [ "selinux=0" "console=tty1" # "console=ttyS0,115200n8" # serial console ]; boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_3_4; boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "reiserfs" ]; /* fake entry, just to have a happy stage-1. Users may boot without having stage-1 though */ fileSystems = [ { mountPoint = "/"; device = "/dev/something"; } ]; services.mingetty = { # Some more help text. helpLine = '' Log in as "root" with an empty password. ${ if config.services.xserver.enable then "Type `start xserver' to start\nthe graphical user interface." else "" } ''; }; # Setting vesa, we don't get the nvidia driver, which can't work in arm. services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "vesa" ]; services.nixosManual.enable = false; # Include the firmware for various wireless cards. networking.enableRalinkFirmware = true; networking.enableIntel2200BGFirmware = true; # To speed up further installation of packages, include the complete stdenv # in the Nix store of the tarball. tarball.storeContents = pkgs2storeContents [ pkgs.stdenv ]; tarball.contents = [ { source = kernelParams; target = "/kernelparams.txt"; } { source = config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel + "/" + config.system.boot.loader.kernelFile; target = "/boot/" + config.system.boot.loader.kernelFile; } { source = pkgs.ubootSheevaplug; target = "/boot/uboot"; } ]; # Allow sshd to be started manually through "start sshd". It should # not be started by default on the installation CD because the # default root password is empty. services.openssh.enable = true; jobs.openssh.startOn = pkgs.lib.mkOverride 50 ""; # cpufrequtils fails to build on non-pc powerManagement.enable = false; nixpkgs.config = { platform = pkgs.platforms.sheevaplug; }; }