nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/boot/kexec.nix

{ pkgs, lib, ... }:

{
  config = lib.mkIf (lib.meta.availableOn pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform pkgs.kexec-tools) {
    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.kexec-tools ];

    systemd.services.prepare-kexec =
      { description = "Preparation for kexec";
        wantedBy = [ "kexec.target" ];
        before = [ "systemd-kexec.service" ];
        unitConfig.DefaultDependencies = false;
        serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
        path = [ pkgs.kexec-tools ];
        script =
          ''
            # Don't load the current system profile if we already have a kernel loaded
            if [[ 1 = "$(</sys/kernel/kexec_loaded)" ]] ; then
              echo "kexec kernel has already been loaded, prepare-kexec skipped"
              exit 0
            fi

            p=$(readlink -f /nix/var/nix/profiles/system)
            if ! [[ -d $p ]]; then
              echo "Could not find system profile for prepare-kexec"
              exit 1
            fi
            echo "Loading NixOS system via kexec."
            exec kexec --load $p/kernel --initrd=$p/initrd --append="$(cat $p/kernel-params) init=$p/init"
          '';
      };
  };
}