* Obsoleted boot.initrd.extraKernelModules (use

boot.initrd.kernelModules instead).

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=18969

doc/config-examples/root-on-lvm.nix

@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 {
   boot = {
     grubDevice = "/dev/sda";
-    initrd = {
+    initrd.kernelModules = ["ata_piix"];
-      extraKernelModules = ["ata_piix"];
-    };
     copyKernels = true;
     bootMount = "(hd0,0)";
   };

doc/config-examples/x86_64-usbstick.nix

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   boot = {
     grubDevice = "/dev/sda";
     initrd = {
-      extraKernelModules = ["usb_storage" "ehci_hcd" "ohci_hcd"];
+      kernelModules = ["usb_storage" "ehci_hcd" "ohci_hcd"];
       enableSplashScreen = false;
     };
   };

doc/manual/installation.xml

@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ $ nixos-hardware-scan > /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</screen>
     xlink:href="https://svn.nixos.org/repos/nix/configurations/trunk/"/>.</para>
 
     <note><para>It is very important that you specify in the option
-    <option>boot.initrd.extraKernelModules</option> all kernel modules
+    <option>boot.initrd.kernelModules</option> all kernel modules that
-    that are necessary for mounting the root file system, otherwise
+    are necessary for mounting the root file system, otherwise the
-    the installed system will not be able to boot.  (If this happens,
+    installed system will not be able to boot.  (If this happens, boot
-    boot from CD again, mount the target file system on
+    from CD again, mount the target file system on
     <filename>/mnt</filename>, fix
     <filename>/mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</filename> and rerun
     <filename>nixos-install</filename>.)
@@ -279,12 +279,8 @@ $ reboot</screen>
 <example xml:id='ex-config'><title>NixOS configuration</title>
 <screen>
 {
-  boot = {
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "ata_piix" ];
-    initrd = {
+  boot.grubDevice = "/dev/sda";
-      extraKernelModules = [ "ata_piix" ];
-    };
-    grubDevice = "/dev/sda";
-  };
 
   fileSystems = [
     { mountPoint = "/";
@@ -296,11 +292,7 @@ $ reboot</screen>
     { label = "swap"; }
   ];
   
-  services = {
+  services.sshd.enable = true;
-    sshd = {
-      enable = true;
-    };
-  };
 }</screen>
 </example>
 

doc/manual/manual.xml

@@ -13,9 +13,17 @@
       </personname>
     </author>
 
+    <author>
+      <personname>
+        <firstname>Nicolas</firstname>
+        <surname>Pierron</surname>
+      </personname>
+    </author>
+
     <copyright>
       <year>2007</year>
       <year>2008</year>
+      <year>2009</year>
       <holder>Eelco Dolstra</holder>
     </copyright>
     

doc/manual/troubleshooting.xml

@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ no services have been started.</para>
 <literal>safemode</literal> to the kernel command line.  This will
 disable auto-loading of modules for your PCI devices.  However, you
 will probably need to explicitly add modules to
-<option>boot.extraKernelModules</option> to get network support
+<option>boot.kernelModules</option> to get network support etc.</para>
-etc.</para>
 
 </section>
 

modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-base.nix

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ in
 
   # The initrd has to contain any module that might be necessary for
   # mounting the CD/DVD.
-  boot.initrd.extraKernelModules =
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules =
     [ # SATA/PATA support.
       "ahci"
 
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ in
       # Add vfat to enable people to copy the contents of the CD to a
       # bootable USB stick.
       "vfat"
+
+      # And of course we need to be able to mount the CD.
+      "iso9660" "loop" "squashfs"
     ];
 
   # nixos-install will do a pull from this channel to speed up the

modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal-fresh-kernel.nix

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rec {
     ln -s /bin "$out/var/run/current-system/sw/sbin"
   '';
 
-  boot.initrd.extraKernelModules = [
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [
     "iso9660" "loop" "squashfs"
     ];
   boot.initrd.allowMissing = true;

modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal-test-insecure.nix

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ in
   };
 
 
-  boot.initrd.extraKernelModules =
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules =
     ["cifs" "virtio_net" "virtio_pci" "virtio_blk" "virtio_balloon" "nls_utf8"];
 
   environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.vim_configurable ];

modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-rescue.nix

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   ];
 
   boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.kernelPackages_2_6_31_rc4_old_i686;
-  boot.initrd.extraKernelModules = ["evdev" "i8042" "pcips2" "serio"
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = ["evdev" "i8042" "pcips2" "serio"
     "sd_mod" "libata" "unix" "usbhid" "uhci_hcd" "atkbd" "xtkbd" "fbdev"
     "iso9660" "udf" "loop"];
   boot.kernelModules = ["fbcon" "radeonfb" "intelfb" "sisfb" "nvidiafb"

modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix

@@ -123,10 +123,12 @@ in
 
   # We need squashfs in the initrd to mount the compressed Nix store,
   # and aufs to make the root filesystem appear writable.
-  boot.extraModulePackages = (optional 
+  boot.extraModulePackages =
-    (! config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.features ? aufs) 
+    optional 
-    config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs);
+      (! config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.features ? aufs) 
-  boot.initrd.extraKernelModules = ["aufs" "squashfs"];
+      config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs;
+      
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = ["aufs" "squashfs"];
 
   # Tell stage 1 of the boot to mount a tmpfs on top of the CD using
   # AUFS.  !!! It would be nicer to make the stage 1 init pluggable

modules/installer/tools/nixos-hardware-scan.pl

@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ print <<EOF ;
 # This is a generated file.  Do not modify!
 # Make changes to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
 {
-  boot.initrd.extraKernelModules = [ $initrdKernelModules ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ $initrdKernelModules ];
   boot.kernelModules = [ $kernelModules ];
 
   nix.maxJobs = $cpus;

modules/rename.nix

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ in zipModules ([]
 ++ rename obsolete "boot.bootMount" to "boot.loader.grub.bootDevice"
 ++ rename obsolete "boot.grubSplashImage" to "boot.loader.grub.splashImage"
 
+++ rename obsolete "boot.initrd.extraKernelModules" to "boot.initrd.kernelModules"
+
 # X11
 ++ rename obsolete "services.xserver.startSSHAgent" to "services.xserver.startOpenSSHAgent"
 

modules/system/boot/kernel.nix

@@ -61,13 +61,12 @@ let
 
       kernelModules = mkOption {
         default = [];
-        description = "
+        description = ''
           The set of kernel modules to be loaded in the second stage of
-          the boot process.  That is, these modules are not included in
+          the boot process.  Note that modules that are needed to
-          the initial ramdisk, so they'd better not be required for
+          mount the root file system should be added to
-          mounting the root file system.  Add them to
+          <option>boot.initrd.kernelModules</option>.
-          <option>boot.initrd.extraKernelModules</option> if they are.
+        '';
-        ";
       };
 
       initrd = {
@@ -122,19 +121,7 @@ let
             system (e.g., ext3).  The set specified here is automatically
             closed under the module dependency relation, i.e., all
             dependencies of the modules list here are included
-            automatically.  If you want to add additional
+            automatically.
-            modules, it's best to set
-            <option>boot.initrd.extraKernelModules</option>.
-          ";
-        };
-
-        extraKernelModules = mkOption {
-          default = [];
-          description = "
-            Additional kernel modules for the initial ramdisk.  These are
-            loaded before the modules listed in
-            <option>boot.initrd.kernelModules</option>, so they take
-            precedence.
           ";
         };
 

modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix

@@ -110,9 +110,7 @@ let
 
   # Determine the set of modules that we need to mount the root FS.
   modulesClosure = pkgs.makeModulesClosure {
-    rootModules =
+    rootModules = config.boot.initrd.kernelModules;
-      config.boot.initrd.extraKernelModules ++
-      config.boot.initrd.kernelModules;
     kernel = modulesTree;
     allowMissing = config.boot.initrd.allowMissing;
   };

modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # the VM in the host.  On the other hand, the root filesystem is a
 # read/writable disk image persistent across VM reboots.
 
-{config, pkgs, ...}:
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
 
 with pkgs.lib;
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ in
   # All the modules the initrd needs to mount the host filesystem via
   # CIFS.  Also use paravirtualised network and block devices for
   # performance.
-  boot.initrd.extraKernelModules =
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules =
     ["cifs" "virtio_net" "virtio_pci" "virtio_blk" "virtio_balloon" "nls_utf8"];
 
   boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands =