nixpkgs/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix

{pkgs, config, ...}:

###### interface
let
  inherit (pkgs.lib) mkOption mkIf;

  options = {

    boot.hardwareScan = mkOption {
      default = true;
      description = "
        Whether to try to load kernel modules for all detected hardware.
        Usually this does a good job of providing you with the modules
        you need, but sometimes it can crash the system or cause other
        nasty effects.  If the hardware scan is turned on, it can be
        disabled at boot time by adding the <literal>safemode</literal>
        parameter to the kernel command line.
      ";
    };
  
    services = {
      udev = {

        addFirmware = mkOption {
          default = [];
          example = ["/mnt/big-storage/firmware/"];
          description = "
            To specify firmware that is not too spread to ensure 
            a package, or have an interactive process of extraction
            and cannot be redistributed.
          ";
          merge = pkgs.lib.mergeListOption;
        };

        addUdevPkgs = mkOption {
          default = [];
          description = "
            List of packages containing udev rules. All files found in $out/*/udev/rules.d/*.rules will be recognized
          ";
          merge = pkgs.lib.mergeListOption;
        };

        extraRules = mkOption {
          default = "";
          example = ''
            KERNEL=="eth*", ATTR{address}=="00:1D:60:B9:6D:4F", NAME="my_fast_network_card"
          '';
          description = "
            Add custom rules. They'll be written into file 10-local.rules.
            Thus they are read before all other rules.
          ";
        };
        
        sndMode = mkOption {
          default = "0600";
          example = "0666";
          description = "
            Permissions for /dev/snd/*, in case you have multiple 
            logged in users or if the devices belong to root for 
            some reason.
          ";
        };
      };
    };
  };
in

###### implementation

let

  inherit (pkgs) substituteAll stdenv writeText udev procps;

  cfg = config.services.udev;


  firmwareLoader = substituteAll {
    src = ./udev-firmware-loader.sh;
    path = "${stdenv.coreutils}/bin";
    isExecutable = true;
    inherit firmwareDirs;
  };

  firmwareDirs = config.services.udev.addFirmware;
  extraUdevPkgs = config.services.udev.addUdevPkgs
    ++ pkgs.lib.optional (cfg.extraRules != "")
      (pkgs.writeTextFile {
        name = "extra-udev-rules";
        text = cfg.extraRules;
        destination = "/custom/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules";
        });

  modprobe = config.system.sbin.modprobe;
    
  nixRules = writeText "90-nix.rules" ''
  
    # Miscellaneous devices.
    KERNEL=="sonypi",               MODE="0666"
    KERNEL=="kvm",                  MODE="0666"
    KERNEL=="kqemu",                NAME="%k", MODE="0666"
    KERNEL=="vboxdrv", NAME="vboxdrv", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0666"

    # Create symlinks for CD/DVD devices.
    ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", SYMLINK+="cdrom cdrom-%k"
    ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM_CD_RW}=="?*", SYMLINK+="cdrw cdrw-%k"
    ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM_DVD}=="?*", SYMLINK+="dvd dvd-%k"
    ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM_DVD_RW}=="?*", SYMLINK+="dvdrw dvdrw-%k"
    
    # ALSA sound devices.
    KERNEL=="controlC[0-9]*",       NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${cfg.sndMode}"
    KERNEL=="hwC[D0-9]*",           NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${cfg.sndMode}"
    KERNEL=="pcmC[D0-9cp]*",        NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${cfg.sndMode}"
    KERNEL=="midiC[D0-9]*",         NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${cfg.sndMode}"
    KERNEL=="timer",                NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${cfg.sndMode}"
    KERNEL=="seq",                  NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${cfg.sndMode}"

    # Firmware loading.
    SUBSYSTEM=="firmware",          ACTION=="add", RUN+="${firmwareLoader}"
    
  '';
  
  # Perform substitutions in all udev rules files.
  udevRules = stdenv.mkDerivation {
    name = "udev-rules";
    #src = cleanSource ./udev-rules;
    buildCommand = ''
      ensureDir $out
      ln -s ${nixRules} $out/${nixRules.name}
      shopt -s nullglob
      cp ${udev}/*/udev/rules.d/*.rules $out/
      
      ${if config.boot.hardwareScan then
        ''
          substituteInPlace $out/80-drivers.rules \
            --replace /sbin/modprobe ${modprobe}/sbin/modprobe
        ''
        else
        ''
          rm $out/80-drivers.rules
        ''
      }
      for i in ${toString extraUdevPkgs}; do
        for j in $i/*/udev/rules.d/*; do
          ln -s $j $out/$(basename $j)
        done
      done
    ''; # */
  };

  # The udev configuration file.
  conf = writeText "udev.conf" ''
    udev_rules="${udevRules}"
    #udev_log="debug"
  '';

  # Dummy file indicating whether we've run udevtrigger/udevsettle.
  # Since that *recreates* all device nodes with default permissions,
  # it's not nice to do that when a user is logged in (it messes up
  # the permissions set by pam_devperm).
  # !!! Actually, this makes the udev configuration less declarative;
  # changes may not take effect until the user reboots.  We should
  # find a better way to preserve the permissions of logged-in users.
  devicesCreated = "/var/run/devices-created";

in

{

  require = [
    options
  ];

  services = {
    extraJobs = [{
      name = "udev";
      
      job = ''
        start on startup
        stop on shutdown

        env UDEV_CONFIG_FILE=${conf}

        start script
            echo "" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug

            # Get rid of possible old udev processes.
            ${procps}/bin/pkill -u root "^udevd$" || true

            # Do the loading of additional stage 2 kernel modules.
            # Maybe this isn't the best place...
            for i in ${toString config.boot.kernelModules}; do
                echo "Loading kernel module $i..."
                ${modprobe}/sbin/modprobe $i || true
            done

            # Start udev.
            ${udev}/sbin/udevd --daemon

            # Let udev create device nodes for all modules that have already
            # been loaded into the kernel (or for which support is built into
            # the kernel).
            if ! test -e ${devicesCreated}; then
                ${udev}/sbin/udevadm trigger
                ${udev}/sbin/udevadm settle # wait for udev to finish
                touch ${devicesCreated}
            fi

            # Kill udev, let Upstart restart and monitor it.  (This is nasty,
            # but we have to run `udevadm trigger' first.  Maybe we can use
            # Upstart's `binary' keyword, but it isn't implemented yet.)
            if ! ${procps}/bin/pkill -u root "^udevd$"; then
                echo "couldn't stop udevd"
            fi

            while ${procps}/bin/pgrep -u root "^udevd$"; do
                sleep 1
            done

            initctl emit new-devices
        end script

        respawn ${udev}/sbin/udevd
      '';

      passthru = {inherit udevRules;};
    }];
  };
}