check

modules/nixos/boot/common/default.nix

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ in
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     boot = {
 
+      kernelModules = [ "kvm" ];
+
       binfmt = lib.mkIf isArm {
         registrations."x86_64-linux" = {
           magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x3e\x00'';

modules/nixos/hardware/raspberry-pi/default.nix

@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ in
           useGenerationDeviceTree = lib.mkOverride 60 (if cfg.bootType == "uefi" then false else true);
         };
         systemd-boot.enable = (if cfg.bootType == "uefi" then true else false);
+        systemd-boot.extraInstallCommands = let 
+          bootloaderInstaller = (if cfg.bootType == "uefi" then (builder."uefi") else (builder."uboot")); # todo 
+        in ''
+          ${bootloaderInstaller} -f /boot/firmware -b /boot -c
+        '';
         grub.enable = lib.mkForce false;
       };
     };

modules/nixos/hardware/raspberry-pi/uefi-builder.sh

@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ if [ -n "$fwtarget" ]; then
     @firmwareBuilder@ -c $default -d $fwtarget
 
     echo "copying uefi firmware..."
-    #for file in "@uefi@/*"; do
+    rm -rf $fwtarget/*
     copyForced @uefi@ $fwtarget/
-    #done
 fi
 
 echo "uefi bootloader installed"

qemu.nix

@@ -1,25 +1,67 @@
-with import <nixpkgs> { };
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
 
-writeShellApplication {
+pkgs.writeShellApplication {
   name = "test-image";
-  runtimeInputs = [ qemu ];
+  runtimeInputs = [
+    pkgs.qemu
+    pkgs.OVMF
+  ];
   text = ''
-    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    set -euo pipefail
-      echo "Usage: $0 <path-to-boot-image>"
+
+    if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+      echo "Usage: $0 <path-to-boot-image> [x86_64|aarch64]" >&2
       exit 1
     fi
-    tmpFile=$(mktemp /home/matt/tmp/test-image.XXXXXX)
+
-    trap 'rm -f $tmpFile' EXIT
+    img="$1"
-    cp "$1" "$tmpFile"
+    arch="''\${2:-$(uname -m)}"
-    qemu-system-x86_64 \
+
-      -enable-kvm \
+    accel=( -accel kvm )
-      -m 4G \
+    [ -e /dev/kvm ] || accel=( -accel "tcg,thread=multi" )
-      -cpu max \
+
-      -smp 4 \
+    case "$arch" in
+      x86_64|amd64)
+        qemu_bin="qemu-system-x86_64"
+        machine=( -machine q35 )
+        cpu=( -cpu max )
+        smp=( -smp 4 )
+        ram=( -m 4G )
+        pflash_code=( -drive "if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file=${pkgs.OVMF.firmware}" )
+        pflash_vars=( -drive "if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file=${pkgs.OVMF.variables}" )
+        ;;
+      aarch64|arm64)
+        qemu_bin="qemu-system-aarch64"
+        machine=( -machine virt )
+        cpu=( -cpu host )
+        smp=( -smp 4 )
+        ram=( -m 4G )
+        # Copy VARS to a writable temp file; QEMU opens it read/write
+        varsTmp=$(mktemp /tmp/AAVMF_VARS.fd.XXXXXX)
+        cp ${pkgs.OVMF.fd}/FV/AAVMF_VARS.fd "$varsTmp"
+        pflash_code=( -drive "if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file=${pkgs.OVMF.fd}/FV/AAVMF_CODE.fd" )
+        pflash_vars=( -drive "if=pflash,format=raw,file=$varsTmp" )
+        ;;
+      *)
+        echo "Unsupported arch: $arch" >&2
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+    tmpFile=$(mktemp /tmp/test-image.XXXXXX)
+    trap 'rm -f "$tmpFile"' EXIT
+    cp "$img" "$tmpFile"
+
+    "$qemu_bin" \
+      "''\${accel[@]}" \
+      "''\${machine[@]}" \
+      "''\${cpu[@]}" \
+      "''\${ram[@]}" \
+      "''\${smp[@]}" \
       -netdev user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22 \
       -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0 \
-      -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file=${OVMF.firmware} \
+      "''\${pflash_code[@]}" \
-      -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file=${OVMF.variables} \
+      "''\${pflash_vars[@]}" \
       -drive "if=virtio,format=raw,file=$tmpFile"
   '';
-}
+}

systems/aarch64-linux/pi4/boot.nix

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ in
   #     variant = "4";
   #   };
   #   kernelPackages = kernelBundle.linuxPackages_rpi4;
-    kernelPackages = pkgs.${namespace}.linuxPackages_rpi4;
+    kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
     supportedFilesystems = lib.mkForce [ ];
   };