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User Manual
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This manual is an early work in progress, not least because Liminix is
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not yet ready for users who are not also developers.
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Configuring for your use case
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You need to create a ``configuration.nix`` that describes your router
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and the services that you want to run on it. Start by copying
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``vanilla-configuration.nix`` and adjusting it.
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Building and flashing
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You need to set ``<liminix-config>`` to point to your
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``configuration.nix``, the file for your hardware device definition as
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argument ``device``, and to choose an appropriate output attribute
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depending on what your device is and how you plan to install onto
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it. For example:
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.. code-block:: console
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nix-build -I liminix-config=./tests/smoke/configuration.nix --arg device "import ./devices/qemu" -A outputs.default
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``outputs.default`` is intended to do something appropriate for the
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device, whatever that is. For the qemu device, it creates a directory
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containing a squashfs root image and a kernel.
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Future versions of this manual will at this point refer to
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device-specific instructions for installing Liminix using the router's
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Web UI or other non-invasive method. As of Feb 2023, the only way to
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flash a device is to take the cover off and connect wires to the
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serial console pads - so, check in the Developer Manual.
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Updating a running device
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Feature forthcoming.
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Module options
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Foo module
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==========
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Module docs will go here. This part of the doc should be autogenerated.
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Bar module
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==========
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Baz module
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==========
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Quuz net device
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