nix-files/hosts/by-name/moby/kernel.nix
Colin 3c2715648c moby: ship compressed kernel images
i've verified that .gz images boot. don't know about zImage, etc.
2023-05-12 06:49:59 +00:00

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{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
let
# use the last commit on the 5.18 branch (5.18.14)
# manjaro's changes between kernel patch versions tend to be minimal if any.
manjaroBase = "https://gitlab.manjaro.org/manjaro-arm/packages/core/linux/-/raw/25bd828cd47b1c6e09fcbcf394a649b89d2876dd";
manjaroPatch = name: sha256: {
inherit name;
patch = pkgs.fetchpatch {
inherit name;
url = "${manjaroBase}/${name}?inline=false";
inherit sha256;
};
};
# the idea for patching off Manjaro's kernel comes from jakewaksbaum:
# - https://git.sr.ht/~jakewaksbaum/pi/tree/af20aae5653545d6e67a459b59ee3e1ca8a680b0/item/kernel/default.nix
# - he later abandoned this, i think because he's using the Pinephone Pro which received mainline support.
manjaroPatches = [
(manjaroPatch
"1001-arm64-dts-allwinner-add-hdmi-sound-to-pine-devices.patch"
"sha256-DApd791A+AxB28Ven/MVAyuyVphdo8KQDx8O7oxVPnc="
)
# these patches below are critical to enable wifi (RTL8723CS)
# - the alternative is a wholly forked kernel by megi/megous:
# - https://xnux.eu/howtos/build-pinephone-kernel.html#toc-how-to-build-megi-s-pinehpone-kernel
# - i don't know if these patches are based on megi's or original
(manjaroPatch
"2001-Bluetooth-Add-new-quirk-for-broken-local-ext-features.patch"
"sha256-CExhJuUWivegxPdnzKINEsKrMFx/m/1kOZFmlZ2SEOc="
)
(manjaroPatch
"2002-Bluetooth-btrtl-add-support-for-the-RTL8723CS.patch"
"sha256-dDdvOphTcP/Aog93HyH+L9m55laTgtjndPSE4/rnzUA="
)
(manjaroPatch
"2004-arm64-dts-allwinner-enable-bluetooth-pinetab-pinepho.patch"
"sha256-o43P3WzXyHK1PF+Kdter4asuyGAEKO6wf5ixcco2kCQ="
)
# XXX: this one has a Makefile, which hardcodes /sbin/depmod:
# - drivers/staging/rtl8723cs/Makefile
# - not sure if this is problematic?
(manjaroPatch
"2005-staging-add-rtl8723cs-driver.patch"
"sha256-6ywm3dQQ5JYl60CLKarxlSUukwi4QzqctCj3tVgzFbo="
)
];
in
{
# use Megi's kernel:
# even with the Manjaro patches, stock 5.18 has a few issues on Pinephone:
# - no battery charging
# - phone rotation sensor is off by 90 degrees
# - ambient light sensor causes screen brightness to be shakey
# - phosh greeter may not appear after wake from sleep
boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux-megous;
# alternatively, use nixos' kernel and add the stuff we want:
# # cross-compilation optimization:
# boot.kernelPackages =
# let p = (import nixpkgs { localSystem = "x86_64-linux"; });
# in p.pkgsCross.aarch64-multiplatform.linuxPackages_5_18;
# # non-cross:
# # boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_5_18;
# boot.kernelPatches = manjaroPatches ++ [
# (patchDefconfig kernelConfig)
# ];
nixpkgs.hostPlatform.linux-kernel = {
# defaults:
name = "aarch64-multiplatform";
baseConfig = "defconfig";
DTB = true;
autoModules = true;
preferBuiltin = true;
# extraConfig = ...
# ^-- raspberry pi stuff: we don't need it.
# target = "Image"; # <-- default
target = "Image.gz"; # <-- compress the kernel image
# target = "zImage"; # <-- confuses other parts of nixos :-(
};
}