dell-xps-15-7590: enable fwupd and deep sleep

- This device supports firmware updates through `fwupd`.
- Prefer deep sleep over s2idle which is inefficient.
- Remove old cruft in the corresponding readme.
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Ghislain Vaillant 2023-02-28 12:09:36 +01:00
parent dcbf93d500
commit 9fef72a2af
2 changed files with 16 additions and 31 deletions

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@ -21,27 +21,6 @@ These settings are needed both for booting the final install, and installer itse
* ''Disable Intel hardware RAID and use AHCI instead.'' Intel doesn't seem to provide a working linux driver for this. (If you just have SSD it's pointless and just slows things down needlessly anyways.)
=== Wifi ===
~~Wifi does not work with kernels older than 5.1 (firmware not present) or newer~~ (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=247705)
Update: The 48.ucode causes the Killer wifi card to crash. The iwlfwifi-cc-a0-46.ucode works perfectly.
default.nix contains an overlay that removes the offending ucode from the linux-firmware bundle.
To use it one also needs to enable unfree firmware in their own configuration (<code>hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware = true;</code>)
```
# Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
boot.loader.grub = {
device = "nodev";
efiSupport = true;
efiInstallAsRemovable = true;
};
boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_5_1;
```
Disable the `canTouchEfiVariables` after a boot or two to prevent NVRAM wearout.
=== After installation ===
* ''Add systemd-boot to UEFI boot list.'' The (uneditable anyways) settings mapping drive UUIDs to HD* work fine.
@ -50,5 +29,15 @@ Disable the `canTouchEfiVariables` after a boot or two to prevent NVRAM wearout.
* ''Update BIOS.'' According to Reddit, this helps with battery life.
=== Troubleshooting ===
== Firmware updates ==
This device is supported by [https://fwupd.org/ fwupd].
You may use <code>fwupdmgr</code> to perform firmware updates.
== Power management ==
Deep sleep is preferred to the default S2 sleep mode, in order to reduce battery draining during suspend.
See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dell_XPS_15_(7590)

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@ -7,15 +7,8 @@
../../../common/pc/ssd
];
# Set to true for just the first run, then disable it.
# boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = lib.mkDefault true;
# Load GPU drivers.
# hardware.bumblebee.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
# High DPI for X users. 175 "looks reasonable" but I didn't do the actual DPI
# calculation.
# services.xserver.dpi = lib.mkDefault 175;
# Force S3 sleep mode. See README.wiki for details.
boot.kernelParams = [ "mem_sleep_default=deep" ];
# Earlier font-size setup
console.earlySetup = true;
@ -23,6 +16,9 @@
# Prevent small EFI partiion from filling up
boot.loader.grub.configurationLimit = 10;
# Enable firmware updates via `fwupdmgr`.
services.fwupd.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
# This will save you money and possibly your life!
services.thermald.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
}