[Nix-dev] Re: udev-153

[Yury G. Kudryashov]

Eelco Dolstra wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>> I propose to use /var/run/firmware:/root/test-firmware path, and symlink
>> /var/run/firmware to /nix/store/hash-firmware. /nix/store/hash-firmware
>> will contain symlinks to all files in hardware.firmware directory. This
>> will not allow us to modify the set of firmware files symlinked to
>> /var/run/firmware after the system is built, but for emergency case we'll
>> have impure /root/test-firmware path.
> 
> Sounds good, but to improve the atomicity of switching to a new
> configuration, you could use /var/run/current-system/firmware instead of
> /var/run/firmware (and then create a "firmware" symlink in the "system"
> derivation).
Actually, I've commited /etc/firmware yesterday. Of course, /etc/firmware 
will be symlinked to /etc/static/firmware.