Updating the system-tarball work, having just tested that of the fuloong2f.

svn path=/nixos/branches/stdenv-updates/; revision=23689

lib/make-system-tarball.nix

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, perl, xz, pathsFromGraph
 
 , # The file name of the resulting tarball
-  fileName ? "nixos-built.tar.bz2"
+  fileName ? "nixos-system-${stdenv.system}"
 
 , # The files and directories to be placed in the tarball.
   # This is a list of attribute sets {source, target} where `source'

modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-fuloong2f.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+{ 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.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+  
+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.testdisk # useful for repairing boot problems
+      pkgs.mssys # for writing Microsoft boot sectors / MBRs
+      pkgs.parted
+      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.ntfsprogs # for resizing NTFS partitions
+      pkgs.btrfsProgs
+      pkgs.jfsutils
+      pkgs.jfsrec
+
+      # 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
+    ];
+
+  # The initrd has to contain any module that might be necessary for
+  # mounting the CD/DVD.
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules =
+    [ "vfat" "reiserfs" ];
+
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_2_6_35;
+
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules =
+    [ # Wait for SCSI devices to appear.
+      "scsi_wait_scan"
+    ];
+
+  boot.postBootCommands =
+    ''
+      mkdir -p /mnt
+
+      cp ${dummyConfiguration} /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
+    '';
+
+  # Some more help text.
+  services.mingetty.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 ""
+      }
+    '';
+
+  # 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 ];
+
+  # 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;
+
+  jobs.openssh.startOn = pkgs.lib.mkOverride 50 {} "";
+
+  services.ttyBackgrounds.enable = false;
+
+  boot.loader.grub.enable = false;
+  boot.loader.generationsDir.enable = false;
+  system.boot.loader.kernelFile = "/vmlinux";
+
+  nixpkgs.config = {
+    platform = (import /etc/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/platforms.nix).fuloong2f_n32;
+  };
+}

modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-pc.nix

@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ in
   # in the Nix store of the tarball.
   tarball.storeContents = pkgs2storeContents [ pkgs.stdenv pkgs.klibc pkgs.klibcShrunk ];
 
+  tarball.contents =
+    [ { source = config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel + "/vmlinuz";
+        target = "/boot/vmlinuz";
+      }
+    ];
+     
   # 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.

modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball.nix

@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ let
 
   };
 
-  # A clue for the uboot loading
-  ubootKernelParams = pkgs.writeText "uboot-kernel-params.txt" ''
-    Kernel Parameters:
-      init=${config.system.build.bootStage2}
-      systemConfig=${config.system.build.toplevel}
-      ${toString config.boot.kernelParams}
-  '';
-
   versionFile = pkgs.writeText "nixos-version" config.system.nixosVersion;
 
 in
@@ -52,14 +44,12 @@ in
 
   # !!! Hack - attributes expected by other modules.
   system.build.menuBuilder = "true";
-  system.boot.loader.kernelFile = "bzImage";
-  environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.grub2 ];
 
   # In stage 1 of the boot, mount the CD/DVD as the root FS by label
   # so that we don't need to know its device.
   fileSystems =
     [ { mountPoint = "/";
-        label = "rootfs";
+        device = "/dev/sda";
       }
     ];
 
@@ -83,23 +73,9 @@ in
   # Individual files to be included on the CD, outside of the Nix
   # store on the CD.
   tarball.contents =
-    [ { source = config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel + "/bzImage";
-        target = "/boot/bzImage";
-      }
-      { source = config.system.build.initialRamdisk + "/initrd";
+    [ { source = config.system.build.initialRamdisk + "/initrd";
         target = "/boot/initrd";
       }
-      { source = "${pkgs.grub2}/share/grub/unicode.pf2";
-        target = "/boot/grub/unicode.pf2";
-      }
-      { source = config.boot.loader.grub.splashImage;
-        target = "/boot/grub/splash.png";
-      }
-/*
-      { source = pkgs.ubootKernelParams;
-        target = "/uboot-kernelparams.txt";
-      }
-*/
       { source = versionFile;
         target = "/nixos-version.txt";
       }
@@ -116,7 +92,7 @@ in
     ''
       # After booting, register the contents of the Nix store on the
       # CD in the Nix database in the tmpfs.
-      ${config.environment.nix}/bin/nix-store --load-db < /nix/store/nix-path-registration
+      ${config.environment.nix}/bin/nix-store --load-db < /nix-path-registration
 
       # nixos-rebuild also requires a "system" profile and an
       # /etc/NIXOS tag.

release.nix

@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ let
     }:
 
     with import nixpkgs {inherit system;};
-
     let
-
       version = builtins.readFile ./VERSION + (if officialRelease then "" else "pre${toString nixosSrc.rev}");
 
       versionModule = { system.nixosVersion = version; };
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ let
         inherit system nixpkgs;
         modules = [ module versionModule ];
       }).config;
-      
+
       tarball = config.system.build.tarball;
     in
       tarball //
@@ -136,6 +134,14 @@ let
       module = ./modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-pc.nix;
     };
 
+    system_tarball_fuloong2f = makeSystemTarball {
+      module = ./modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-fuloong2f.nix;
+    } { system = "mips64-linux"; };
+
+    system_tarball_sheevaplug = makeSystemTarball {
+      module = ./modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-sheevaplug.nix;
+    } { system = "armv5tel-linux"; };
+
     # Hacky: doesn't depend on configuration. Yet configuration is evaluated (TODO)
     minimal_install_archive = {system ? "i686-linux"}: (iso_minimal {inherit system;})
       .config.system.build.minimalInstallArchive;