[Nix-dev] Wireless firmware for NixOS Live CD

[Tony White]

2009/10/11 Marc Weber <marco-oweber at gmx.de>:
> Excerpts from roconnor's message of Sun Oct 11 15:42:03 +0200 2009:
>>     hardware.firmware = [ pkgs.iwlwifi5000ucode ];
>
> At least we should add a /root/firware direcotry or such to the list of
> paths being seearched for firmware on the live cd.
> Then it's easy to put the required firmware in and use it.
>
> Of course enabling all firmware doesn't hurt if we have space left on
> the cd..
>
> Marc Weber
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Hi all,

# /root/test-firmware is an impure location allowing quick testing
   # of firmwares.

In /etc/nixos/nixos/upstart-jobs/udev-firmware-loader.sh

Then I guess it's a simple case of :
modprobe INSERTMODULENAMEHERE
after you've copied the firmware into /root/test-firmware.
Adding firmware to the cds is a great idea imo but there are issues
like displaying licenses for users to agree with before use. Firmware
blobs generally aren't considered libre.

Thanks,
Tony