nixos/generic-extlinux-compatible: add mirroredBoots option (NixOS#33…

…5131)
tjni · Sep 18, 2024 · d66f976 · d66f976
2 parents 71df0d5 + 93fb96e
commit d66f976
Showing 1 changed file with 41 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generic-extlinux-compatible/default.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generic-extlinux-compatible/default.nix
@@ -54,6 +54,30 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
+      mirroredBoots = mkOption {
+        default = [ { path = "/boot"; } ];
+        example = [
+          { path = "/boot1"; }
+          { path = "/boot2"; }
+        ];
+        description = ''
+          Mirror the boot configuration to multiple paths.
+        '';
+
+        type = with types; listOf (submodule {
+          options = {
+            path = mkOption {
+              example = "/boot1";
+              type = types.str;
+              description = ''
+                The path to the boot directory where the extlinux-compatible
+                configuration files will be written.
+              '';
+            };
+          };
+        });
+      };
+
       populateCmd = mkOption {
         type = types.str;
         readOnly = true;
@@ -72,11 +96,27 @@ in
     builderArgs = "-g ${toString cfg.configurationLimit} -t ${timeoutStr}"
       + lib.optionalString (dtCfg.name != null) " -n ${dtCfg.name}"
       + lib.optionalString (!cfg.useGenerationDeviceTree) " -r";
+    installBootLoader = pkgs.writeScript "install-extlinux-conf.sh" (''
+      #!${pkgs.runtimeShell}
+      set -e
+    '' + flip concatMapStrings cfg.mirroredBoots (args: ''
+      ${builder} ${builderArgs} -d '${args.path}' -c "$@"
+    ''));
   in
     mkIf cfg.enable {
-      system.build.installBootLoader = "${builder} ${builderArgs} -c";
+      system.build.installBootLoader = installBootLoader;
       system.boot.loader.id = "generic-extlinux-compatible";
 
       boot.loader.generic-extlinux-compatible.populateCmd = "${populateBuilder} ${builderArgs}";
+
+      assertions = [
+        {
+          assertion = cfg.mirroredBoots != [ ];
+          message = ''
+            You must not remove all elements from option 'boot.loader.generic-extlinux-compatible.mirroredBoots',
+            otherwise the system will not be bootable.
+          '';
+        }
+      ];
     };
 }