Merge pull request #114 from tomberek/master

Initial 15-7590
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= Dell XPS 15 7590 =
*Mostly copied from 15-9550
== Tested Hardware ==
* CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9980HK
* RAM: 32 GB
* HDD: 1 TiB SSD
* Screen: 15" 4k (3840✕2160)
* Input: Touchscreen and trackpad.
== Firmware Configuration ==
Not much tweaking of NixOS itself was needed. But we currently cannot automate the firmware setup, so this must be done by hand.
=== Before installation ===
These settings are needed both for booting the final install, and installer itself. Therefore, they must be done first.
* ''Disable Secure Boot (but keep UEFI Boot).'' Thankfully doing so is as easy as changing any other simple setting.
* ''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.
```
# 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.
=== Optional ===
* ''Update BIOS.'' According to Reddit, this helps with battery life.
=== Troubleshooting ===

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{ lib, ... }:
{
imports = [
../../../common/cpu/intel
../../../common/pc/laptop
../../../common/pc/ssd
];
# Set to true for just the first run, then disable it.
# boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = lib.mkDefault true;
# Earlier font-size setup
console.earlySetup = true;
# Prevent small EFI partiion from filling up
boot.loader.grub.configurationLimit = 10;
# The 48.ucode causes the Killer wifi card to crash.
# The iwlfwifi-cc-a0-46.ucode works perfectly
nixpkgs.pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {
config.allowUnfree = true;
overlays = [
(self: super: {
firmwareLinuxNonfree = super.firmwareLinuxNonfree.overrideAttrs (old: {
src = super.fetchgit{
url = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git";
rev = "bf13a71b18af229b4c900b321ef1f8443028ded8";
sha256 = "1dcaqdqyffxiadx420pg20157wqidz0c0ca5mrgyfxgrbh6a4mdj";
};
postInstall = ''
rm $out/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-cc-a0-48.ucode
'';
outputHash = "0dq48i1cr8f0qx3nyq50l9w9915vhgpwmwiw3b4yhisbc3afyay4";
});
})
];
};
}