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| author | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2020-11-29 00:01:14 +0000 |
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| committer | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2021-01-21 22:44:09 -0500 |
| commit | 8929989614589ee3acd070a6409b2b9700c92d65 (patch) | |
| tree | 595f163bed2eda4b564fa19df7ed03e7679af00b /nixos/doc | |
| parent | 77403c1c19f9e9c5f8ba9bb24f83c07eace126b2 (diff) | |
lib: Clean up how linux and gcc config is specified
The `platform` field is pointless nesting: it's just stuff that happens to be defined together, and that should be an implementation detail. This instead makes `linux-kernel` and `gcc` top level fields in platform configs. They join `rustc` there [all are optional], which was put there and not in `platform` in anticipation of a change like this. `linux-kernel.arch` in particular also becomes `linuxArch`, to match the other `*Arch`es. The next step after is this to combine the *specific* machines from `lib.systems.platforms` with `lib.systems.examples`, keeping just the "multiplatform" ones for defaulting.
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml index e46d1ca403f38..408c896defee5 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml @@ -592,6 +592,22 @@ http://some.json-exporter.host:7979/probe?target=https://example.com/some/json/e <literal>/etc/netgroup</literal> defines network-wide groups and may affect to setups using NIS. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Platforms, like <varname>stdenv.hostPlatform</varname>, no longer have a <varname>platform</varname> attribute. + It has been (mostly) flattoned away: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><varname>platform.gcc</varname> is now <varname>gcc</varname></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>platform.kernel*</literal> is now <literal>linux-kernel.*</literal></para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <para> + Additionally, <varname>platform.kernelArch</varname> moved to the top level as <varname>linuxArch</varname> to match the other <literal>*Arch</literal> variables. + </para> + <para> + The <varname>platform</varname> grouping of these things never meant anything, and was just a historial/implementation artifact that was overdue removal. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> </section> |