desktop is building I guess, idk, need to start commiting stuff eventually lmao

systems/aarch64-linux/mac-nixos/apple-silicon-support/modules/peripheral-firmware/default.nix

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+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+{
+  config = lib.mkIf config.hardware.asahi.enable {
+    assertions = lib.mkIf config.hardware.asahi.extractPeripheralFirmware [
+      { assertion = config.hardware.asahi.peripheralFirmwareDirectory != null;
+        message = ''
+          Asahi peripheral firmware extraction is enabled but the firmware
+          location appears incorrect.
+        '';
+      }
+    ];
+
+    hardware.firmware = let
+      pkgs' = config.hardware.asahi.pkgs;
+    in
+      lib.mkIf ((config.hardware.asahi.peripheralFirmwareDirectory != null)
+          && config.hardware.asahi.extractPeripheralFirmware) [
+        (pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+          name = "asahi-peripheral-firmware";
+
+          nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs'.asahi-fwextract pkgs.cpio ];
+
+          buildCommand = ''
+            mkdir extracted
+            asahi-fwextract ${config.hardware.asahi.peripheralFirmwareDirectory} extracted
+
+            mkdir -p $out/lib/firmware
+            cat extracted/firmware.cpio | cpio -id --quiet --no-absolute-filenames
+            mv vendorfw/* $out/lib/firmware
+          '';
+        })
+      ];
+  };
+
+  options.hardware.asahi = {
+    extractPeripheralFirmware = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = ''
+        Automatically extract the non-free non-redistributable peripheral
+        firmware necessary for features like Wi-Fi.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    peripheralFirmwareDirectory = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.path;
+
+      default = lib.findFirst (path: builtins.pathExists (path + "/all_firmware.tar.gz")) null
+        [
+          # path when the system is operating normally
+          /boot/asahi
+          # path when the system is mounted in the installer
+          /mnt/boot/asahi
+        ];
+
+      description = ''
+        Path to the directory containing the non-free non-redistributable
+        peripheral firmware necessary for features like Wi-Fi. Ordinarily, this
+        will automatically point to the appropriate location on the ESP. Flake
+        users and those interested in maximum purity will want to copy those
+        files elsewhere and specify this manually.
+
+        Currently, this consists of the files `all-firmware.tar.gz` and
+        `kernelcache*`. The official Asahi Linux installer places these files
+        in the `asahi` directory of the EFI system partition when creating it.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}