nixpkgs/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-sheevaplug.nix
Ludovic Courtès ef54cd3d1f system-tarball-sheevaplug: Add hint about the serial console parameters.
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=25583
2011-01-15 22:42:07 +00:00

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Nix

# This module contains the basic configuration for building a NixOS
# installation CD.
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
with pkgs.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, ...}:
{
require = [ ];
# 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;
options = {
system.nixosVersion = mkOption {
default = "${builtins.readFile ../../../VERSION}";
description = ''
NixOS version number.
'';
};
};
# A clue for the kernel loading
kernelParams = pkgs.writeText "kernel-params.txt" ''
Kernel Parameters:
init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams}
'';
in
{
require =
[ options
./system-tarball.nix
../../hardware/network/rt73.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.initrd.kernelModules =
[
"scsi_wait_scan"
];
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_2_6_35;
services.mingetty = {
ttys = [ "ttyS0" ];
# 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.videoDriver = "vesa";
services.xserver.videoDrivers = [];
services.nixosManual.enable = false;
# Include the firmware for various wireless cards.
networking.enableRT73Firmware = 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;
services.ttyBackgrounds.enable = false;
jobs.openssh.startOn = pkgs.lib.mkOverrideTemplate 50 {} "";
nixpkgs.config = {
platform = pkgs.platforms.sheevaplug;
};
}