mdebray/tvl-depot
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions

docs(tvix/boot): document we could use a smaller kernel here.

Browse source 
We currently use a pretty big kernel to boot the tvix VMs, with a lot
of drivers.

It can probably be slimmed down significantly, at least on the hardware
driver and filesystem front.

Change-Id: I4c7f73fb2dafbf2bcdec8057d2b14a9b0e9b3275
Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/11187
Tested-by: BuildkiteCI
Reviewed-by: Connor Brewster <cbrewster@hey.com>
Autosubmit: flokli <flokli@flokli.de>
This commit is contained in:
Florian Klink 2024-03-17 22:03:21 +02:00 committed by flokli
parent fca3926a62
commit 8fb1d0ad4b
1 changed files with 2 additions and 0 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

2
tvix/boot/default.nix
View file

@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ rec {
}; };
# A kernel with virtiofs support baked in # A kernel with virtiofs support baked in
# TODO: make a smaller kernel, we don't need a gazillion filesystems and
# device drivers in it.
kernel = pkgs.buildLinux ({ } // { kernel = pkgs.buildLinux ({ } // {
inherit (pkgs.linuxPackages_latest.kernel) src version modDirVersion; inherit (pkgs.linuxPackages_latest.kernel) src version modDirVersion;
autoModules = false; autoModules = false;