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``` ```
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/ / __/ _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ / _ \/ __ \/ / / __ `/ ___/ / / __/ _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ / _ \/ __ \/ / / __ `/ ___/
/ /_/ / __/ / / / /_/ / /_/ / __/ /_/ / , \ /_/ (__ ) / /_/ / __/ / / / /_/ / /_/ / __/ /_/ / , \ /_/ (__ )
\____/\___/_/ /_/\____/\__,_/\___/ .___/_/ \_\_, /____/ ` \____/\___/_/ /_/\____/\__,_/\___/ .___/_/ \_\_, /____/
/_/ /____/ `` /_/ /____/
``` ```
[Genodepkgs](https://git.sr.ht/~ehmry/genodepkgs) is nexus of [Genodepkgs](https://git.sr.ht/~ehmry/genodepkgs) is nexus of
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- Existing Nixpkgs packages are patched at [overlay](./overlay/default.nix) - Existing Nixpkgs packages are patched at [overlay](./overlay/default.nix)
- Tests are at [tests](./tests/default.nix) (messy) - Tests are at [tests](./tests/default.nix)
- NixOS module at [nixos-modules](./nixos-modules)
# Installation
This repository contains an experimental NixOS module that can be used to build
and boot Genode using a shared Nix store. Hardware support is limited, and the
system does not support any dynamic reconfiguration.
NixOS must be installed on the target first, with many caveats. First of which,
the block driver is hard-coded to use the media on the first AHCI port, port
selection or NVMe simply hasn't been implemented within the Nix module.
These instructions are non-normative have not be tested exactly as follows. This
probably wont work for you.
### Step 1: Install NixOS
Format the first AHCI drive with a GUID Partition Table. */nix/store must be
placed on a partition with the partition type
`24b69406-18a1-428d-908e-d21a1437122c` and formatted with an Ext2 file-system.*
Install NixOS, using Grub to boot. Use the `nixos-unstable` channel. See
https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#ch-installation.
### Step 2: Build Genode
As mentioned before, the NixOS installation must be built from the
`nixos-unstable` channel. This is to ensure that the `nixos-rebuild` utility is
built with suport for taking configuration from Nix flakes.
Create a file a `/etc/nixos/flake.nix` (or study the `nixos-rebuild` manual)
with something similar to the following content:
```nix
{
description = "Example configuration flake";
inputs = {
genodepkgs.url = "git+https://git.sr.ht/~ehmry/genodepkgs";
nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
};
outputs = { self, genodepkgs, nixpkgs }: {
nixosConfigurations.${your-hostname-here} = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
system = "x86_64-linux";
modules = [
./configuration.nix
genodepkgs.nixosModules.genodeHost
{
genode.fbDriver = "intel"; # or "vesa"
genode.guests = {
# Add two NixOS guest VMs to the Genode side:
nixos = {
config = { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: {
users.users.root.password = "nixos";
services.openssh.permitRootLogin = lib.mkDefault "yes";
services.mingetty.autologinUser = lib.mkDefault "root";
};
};
tor-browser = {
memorySize = 1024;
config = { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: {
services.cage = {
enable = true;
program = "${pkgs.tor-browser-bundle-bin}/bin/tor-browser";
};
users.users.demo.isNormalUser = true;
};
};
};
}
];
};
};
}
```
Do a `nixos-rebuild boot`. *Grub must be in use, UEFI booting is optional.*
## Reboot
Reboot and select the Genode entry from the Grub menu. Hopefully the display
will come up quickly, and the VMs will boot. *The VMs will take a long time to
come up initially,* this is because the VDI disk images are copied from
/nix/store to a mutable area of the file-system.
Thats all for now, patches are welcome.
# Contributing # Contributing
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- Documentation - Documentation
- Packaging multi-component scenarios
- Graphical launcher
- Port Boehm-Demers-Weiser GC to Genode
- ARM, i686 - ARM, i686
- Patching standard Nixpkgs packages by overlay. Explore Workflow and tooling - Patching standard Nixpkgs packages by overlay. Explore Workflow and tooling