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nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generations-dir/generations-dir.nix
Emily 31d1d80b3f lib/systems: move kernel configuration out of the platform structure
Currently, you need to override `stdenv.hostPlatform` to request a
compressed kernel on AArch64, and the kernel configuration is split
between the central structured configuration and string snippets in
platform definitions. This has consequently made the latter bitrot
terribly. Since the platform‐specific logic is now very limited after
cleaning up the detritus, we can move it into the kernel derivation
and expose the relevant configuration there for anyone who wants to
customize it further or needs to read it out.

Co-authored-by: zowoq <59103226+zowoq@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-06-10 11:17:38 +10:00

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{
config,
lib,
pkgs,
...
}:
with lib;
let
generationsDirBuilder = pkgs.replaceVarsWith {
src = ./generations-dir-builder.sh;
isExecutable = true;
replacements = {
inherit (pkgs) bash;
path = lib.makeBinPath [
pkgs.coreutils
pkgs.gnused
pkgs.gnugrep
];
inherit (config.boot.loader.generationsDir) copyKernels;
};
};
in
{
options = {
boot.loader.generationsDir = {
enable = mkOption {
default = false;
type = types.bool;
description = ''
Whether to create symlinks to the system generations under
`/boot`. When enabled,
`/boot/default/kernel`,
`/boot/default/initrd`, etc., are updated to
point to the current generation's kernel image, initial RAM
disk, and other bootstrap files.
This optional is not necessary with boot loaders such as GNU GRUB
for which the menu is updated to point to the latest bootstrap
files. However, it is needed for U-Boot on platforms where the
boot command line is stored in flash memory rather than in a
menu file.
'';
};
copyKernels = mkOption {
default = false;
type = types.bool;
description = ''
Whether to copy the necessary boot files into /boot, so
/nix/store is not needed by the boot loader.
'';
};
};
};
config = mkIf config.boot.loader.generationsDir.enable {
system.build.installBootLoader = generationsDirBuilder;
system.boot.loader.id = "generationsDir";
};
}