cross: do emulation with a smaller linux image (experimental)

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Colin 2023-08-11 06:54:16 +00:00
parent 5dcf2a533b
commit 98463ddeb4
1 changed files with 100 additions and 25 deletions

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@ -67,15 +67,62 @@ let
};
emulated = mkEmulated final prev;
linuxMinimal = final.linux.override {
# customize stock linux to compile using less RAM
# default config is in:
# - <pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix>
structuredExtraConfig = with lib.kernel; {
# recommended by: <https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Linux_kernel#Too_high_ram_usage>
DEBUG_INFO_BTF = lib.mkForce no;
# other debug-related things i can probably disable
CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE = lib.mkForce yes;
DEBUG_INFO = lib.mkForce no;
DEBUG_KERNEL = lib.mkForce no;
GDB_SCRIPTS = lib.mkForce no;
SCHED_DEBUG = lib.mkForce no;
SUNRPC_DEBUG = lib.mkForce no;
# disable un-needed features
BT = no;
CAN = no;
DRM = no; # uses a lot of space when compiling
FPGA = no;
GNSS = no;
IIO = no; # 500 MB
INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN = no;
MEDIA_SDR_SUPPORT = no;
NFC = no;
SND = no; # also uses a lot of disk space when compiling
SOUND = no;
WWAN = no; # 1.4 GB (drivers/net/wireless)
# we could try disabling these, but i wonder if anything relies on them (e.g. autoconf)
# FONTS = lib.mkForce no;
# FB = lib.mkForce no;
# WAN = lib.mkForce no;
# INET = no;
# MEMTEST = lib.mkForce no;
# # NET = lib.mkForce no; # we need net (9pnet_virtio; unix) for sharing fs with the build machine
MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT = lib.mkForce no;
MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT = lib.mkForce no;
MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT = lib.mkForce no; # 150 MB disk space when compiling
MICROCODE = lib.mkForce no;
STAGING = lib.mkForce no; # 450 MB disk space when compiling
};
};
# given a package that's defined for build == host,
# build it from the native build machine by emulating the builder.
emulateBuilder = pkg: let
emulateBuilderQemu = pkg: let
vmTools = final.buildPackages.vmTools.override {
kernel = linuxMinimal;
};
# fix up the nixpkgs command that runs a Linux OS inside QEMU:
# qemu_kvm doesn't support x86_64 -> aarch64; but full qemu package does.
qemuCommandLinux = lib.replaceStrings
[ "${final.buildPackages.qemu_kvm}" ]
[ "${final.buildPackages.qemu}"]
final.vmTools.qemuCommandLinux;
[ "${final.buildPackages.qemu}" ]
vmTools.qemuCommandLinux;
in
# without binfmt emulation, leverage the `vmTools.runInLinuxVM` infrastructure:
# final.vmTools.runInLinuxVM pkg
@ -84,19 +131,19 @@ let
# so hack its components into something which *does* handle cross compilation
lib.overrideDerivation pkg ({ builder, args, ... }: {
builder = "${final.buildPackages.bash}/bin/sh";
args = [ "-e" (final.buildPackages.vmTools.vmRunCommand qemuCommandLinux) ];
args = [ "-e" (vmTools.vmRunCommand qemuCommandLinux) ];
# orig{Builder,Args} gets used by the vmRunCommand script:
origBuilder = builder;
origArgs = args;
QEMU_OPTS = "-m 16386"; # MiB of RAM
QEMU_OPTS = "-m 16384"; # MiB of RAM
enableParallelBuilding = true;
# finally, let nix know that this package should be built by the build system
system = final.stdenv.buildPlatform.system;
}) // {
override = attrs: emulateBuilder (pkg.override attrs);
overrideAttrs = mergeFn: emulateBuilder (pkg.overrideAttrs mergeFn);
override = attrs: emulateBuilderQemu (pkg.override attrs);
overrideAttrs = mergeFn: emulateBuilderQemu (pkg.overrideAttrs mergeFn);
}
;
@ -122,19 +169,46 @@ let
overrideAttrs = mergeFn: emulateBuilderProot (pkg.overrideAttrs mergeFn);
};
prootBuilder = let
proot = "${final.buildPackages.proot}/bin/proot";
# prootFlags = "-r / -b /:/";
prootFlags = "-b /nix:/nix -b /tmp:/tmp";
# prootFlags = "-b /:/ -b ${final.bash}/bin/sh:/bin/sh"; # --mixed-mode false
qemu = "${final.buildPackages.qemu}/bin/qemu-aarch64";
in
final.pkgs.writeText "proot-run" ''
echo "proot: ${proot} -q ${qemu} ${prootFlags} $origBuilder $origArgs"
${proot} -q ${qemu} ${prootFlags} $origBuilder $origArgs
echo "exited proot"
'';
prootBuilder = let
proot = "${final.buildPackages.proot}/bin/proot";
# prootFlags = "-r / -b /:/";
prootFlags = "-b /nix:/nix -b /tmp:/tmp";
# prootFlags = "-b /:/ -b ${final.bash}/bin/sh:/bin/sh"; # --mixed-mode false
qemu = "${final.buildPackages.qemu}/bin/qemu-aarch64";
in
final.pkgs.writeText "proot-run" ''
echo "proot: ${proot} -q ${qemu} ${prootFlags} $origBuilder $origArgs"
${proot} -q ${qemu} ${prootFlags} $origBuilder $origArgs
echo "exited proot"
'';
emulateBuilderBinfmt = pkg:
lib.overrideDerivation pkg ({ builder, args, ...}: {
builder = "${final.buildPackages.bash}/bin/sh";
args = [ "-e" binfmtBuilder ];
origBuilder = builder;
origArgs = args;
# finally, let nix know that this package should be built by the build system
system = final.stdenv.buildPlatform.system;
}) // {
override = attrs: emulateBuilderBinfmt (pkg.override attrs);
overrideAttrs = mergeFn: emulateBuilderBinfmt (pkg.overrideAttrs mergeFn);
};
binfmtBuilder = let
sudo = "${final.buildPackages.sudo}/bin/sudo";
mount = "${final.buildPackages.util-linux.mount}/bin/mount";
in
final.pkgs.writeText "binfmt-run" ''
echo "binfmtBuilder: mounting binfmt_misc"
${sudo} ${mount} binfmt_misc -t binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
echo "binfmtBuilder: running $origBuilder $origArgs"
$origBuilder $origArgs
'';
# given a package defined for build != host, transform it to build on the host.
# i.e. build using the host's stdenv.
buildOnHost =
let
# patch packages which can't ordinarily exist in buildPackages
@ -175,10 +249,11 @@ let
nativeInstallCheckInputs = unsplicePkgs (upstream.nativeInstallCheckInputs or []);
});
emulateBuildMachine = pkg: emulateBuilder (buildOnHost pkg);
buildInQemu = pkg: emulateBuilderQemu (buildOnHost pkg);
buildInProot = pkg: emulateBuilderProot (buildOnHost pkg);
buildInBinfmt = pkg: emulateBuilderBinfmt (buildOnHost pkg);
in {
inherit emulated;
inherit emulated linuxMinimal;
# pkgsi686Linux = prev.pkgsi686Linux.extend (i686Self: i686Super: {
# # fixes eval-time error: "Unsupported cross architecture"
@ -387,7 +462,7 @@ in {
unwrapped = super.unwrapped // {
browserpass-extension = super.unwrapped.browserpass-extension.override {
# this overlay is optional for binfmt machines, but non-binfmt can't cross-compile the modules (for use at runtime)
mkYarnModules = args: buildInProot {
mkYarnModules = args: buildInQemu {
override = { stdenv }: (
(final.yarn2nix-moretea.override {
pkgs = final.pkgs.__splicedPackages // { inherit stdenv; };
@ -826,7 +901,7 @@ in {
koreader = (prev.koreader.override {
# fixes runtime error: luajit: ./ffi/util.lua:757: attempt to call field 'pack' (a nil value)
# inherit (emulated) luajit;
luajit = buildInProot (final.luajit.override {
luajit = buildInQemu (final.luajit.override {
buildPackages.stdenv = emulated.stdenv; # it uses buildPackages.stdenv for HOST_CC
});
}).overrideAttrs (upstream: {
@ -837,7 +912,7 @@ in {
koreader-from-src = prev.koreader-from-src.override {
# fixes runtime error: luajit: ./ffi/util.lua:757: attempt to call field 'pack' (a nil value)
# inherit (emulated) luajit;
luajit = buildInProot (final.luajit.override {
luajit = buildInQemu (final.luajit.override {
buildPackages.stdenv = emulated.stdenv; # it uses buildPackages.stdenv for HOST_CC
});
};
@ -1686,7 +1761,7 @@ in {
tangram = (prev.tangram.override {
# N.B. blueprint-compiler is in nativeBuildInputs.
# the trick here is to force the aarch64 versions to be used during build (via emulation),
blueprint-compiler = buildInProot (final.blueprint-compiler.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
blueprint-compiler = buildInQemu (final.blueprint-compiler.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
# default is to propagate gobject-introspection *as a buildInput*, when it's supposed to be native.
propagatedBuildInputs = [];
# "Namespace Gtk not available"