This commit causes the coreboot payload (i.e. the Linux kernel,
initramfs, and any necessary DTBs) to be inserted into the coreboot
image as part of a separate derivation from the one which compiles
coreboot.
As a result, changing the contents of the initramfs is extremely
fast -- it can now be done without any recompilation.
As a result of this, the attribute name for the final image to be
flashed has changed from `coreboot` to `image`. The `coreboot`
attribute now builds a payloadless `coreboot.rom`.
This commit drops the verbatim `.config` files for coreboot that
were previously in the repository and converts them to NixOS-style
module configurations.
The big benefit of doing this is that the perl script in nixpkgs
that handles this will check to make sure that coreboot's Kconfig
machinery isn't silently ignoring any of our settings. It also
makes this configuration easier for end-users to customize.
This commit cleans up the selection of the serial console device and
gives it sensible default values (usually, the DB9 header on the
back I/O panel) on each platform.
This commit generalizes the selection and activation of the serial
console by promoting it to a top-level package-set member.
The top-level package set is starting to attract clutter, so I will
soon be moving all the non-package constitutents into a `config`
attrset.
This commit makes `hostPlatform` part of the packageset for more
consistent handling. A top-level `hostPlatform` argument is exposed
to the caller, in case they want to customize the `hostPlatform`
(compiler flags, etc).
The `hostPlatform` argument is inherited into the ownerboot package
set, where it will be overridden by `src/platform/*.nix` if it has
not been set explicitly.
Making `hostPlatform` part of the package set allows for more
sophisticated overriding schemes, for example adding additional
compiler flags or sanity-checking the flags that the user has
provided.
Adam Joseph