nixos: fix "nixos-rebuild build-vm-with-bootloader" for EFI systems (v2) #108504
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Please also add this fix to the flake.nix:
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(The first version of this change, in commit 39fad29, broke `nix-build -A nixosTests.installer.simpleUefiSystemdBoot`. This is the 2nd version, which hopefully does not break anything.) `nixos-rebuild build-vm-with-bootloader` currently fails with the default NixOS EFI configuration: $ cat >configuration.nix <<EOF { fileSystems."/".device = "/dev/sda1"; boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true; boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true; } EOF $ nixos-rebuild build-vm-with-bootloader -I nixos-config=$PWD/configuration.nix -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-20.09.tar.gz [...] insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /nix/store/1ibmgfr13r8b6xyn4f0wj115819f359c-linux-5.4.83/lib/modules/5.4.83/kernel/fs/efivarfs/efivarfs.ko.xz: No such device mount: /sys/firmware/efi/efivars: mount point does not exist. [ 1.908328] reboot: Power down builder for '/nix/store/dx2ycclyknvibrskwmii42sgyalagjxa-nixos-boot-disk.drv' failed with exit code 32 [...] Fix it by setting virtualisation.useEFIBoot = true when needed. Before: * release-20.03: successful build, unsuccessful run * release-20.09 (and master): unsuccessful build After: * Successful build and run. Fixes NixOS#107255
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Backported to release-20.09 (9148817) now that the nixos-unstable channel has updated (all tests passed). |
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Motivation for this change
(The first version of this change, in commit 39fad29, broke
nix-build -A nixosTests.installer.simpleUefiSystemdBoot. This is the2nd version, which hopefully does not break anything.)
nixos-rebuild build-vm-with-bootloadercurrently fails with thedefault NixOS EFI configuration:
$ cat >configuration.nix <<EOF
{
fileSystems."/".device = "/dev/sda1";
boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
}
EOF
$ nixos-rebuild build-vm-with-bootloader -I nixos-config=$PWD/configuration.nix -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-20.09.tar.gz
[...]
insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /nix/store/1ibmgfr13r8b6xyn4f0wj115819f359c-linux-5.4.83/lib/modules/5.4.83/kernel/fs/efivarfs/efivarfs.ko.xz: No such device
mount: /sys/firmware/efi/efivars: mount point does not exist.
[ 1.908328] reboot: Power down
builder for '/nix/store/dx2ycclyknvibrskwmii42sgyalagjxa-nixos-boot-disk.drv' failed with exit code 32
[...]
Fix it by setting virtualisation.useEFIBoot = true when needed.
Before:
After:
Fixes #107255
Things done
sandboxinnix.confon non-NixOS linux)nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review wip"./result/bin/)nix path-info -Sbefore and after)