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author | Sandro <sandro.jaeckel@gmail.com> | 2022-06-07 23:46:13 +0200 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-06-07 23:46:13 +0200 |
commit | be96e2412471eb184491d2e0485357949cf65378 (patch) | |
tree | 925b39c53664b245f9664cd3ab42fae3a5b5eb15 /nixos | |
parent | cf68deab17fde49169ff8d8217d936f7d235385d (diff) | |
parent | 3f1ec25f902bf6cb93db3600d3f6cd69234e4b9d (diff) |
Merge pull request #163226 from lodi/persistent-evdev
persistent-evdev: init at unstable-2022-01-14
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos')
-rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | nixos/modules/module-list.nix | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | nixos/modules/services/misc/persistent-evdev.nix | 60 |
4 files changed, 71 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml index 83f2d10225140..5c29f98b28dfb 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml @@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ <link xlink:href="options.html#opt-services.infnoise.enable">services.infnoise</link>. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <link xlink:href="https://github.com/aiberia/persistent-evdev">persistent-evdev</link>, + a daemon to add virtual proxy devices that mirror a physical + input device but persist even if the underlying hardware is + hot-plugged. Available as + <link linkend="opt-services.persistent-evdev.enable">services.persistent-evdev</link>. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> <section xml:id="sec-release-22.11-incompatibilities"> diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md index 85adae269c318..624bde2c83d77 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin - [infnoise](https://github.com/leetronics/infnoise), a hardware True Random Number Generator dongle. Available as [services.infnoise](options.html#opt-services.infnoise.enable). +- [persistent-evdev](https://github.com/aiberia/persistent-evdev), a daemon to add virtual proxy devices that mirror a physical input device but persist even if the underlying hardware is hot-plugged. Available as [services.persistent-evdev](#opt-services.persistent-evdev.enable). <!-- To avoid merge conflicts, consider adding your item at an arbitrary place in the list instead. --> diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix index 7b1054262f590..d67602a267612 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix @@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ ./services/misc/packagekit.nix ./services/misc/paperless.nix ./services/misc/parsoid.nix + ./services/misc/persistent-evdev.nix ./services/misc/plex.nix ./services/misc/plikd.nix ./services/misc/podgrab.nix diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/persistent-evdev.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/persistent-evdev.nix new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..401d20010b12a --- /dev/null +++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/persistent-evdev.nix @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: + +let + cfg = config.services.persistent-evdev; + settingsFormat = pkgs.formats.json {}; + + configFile = settingsFormat.generate "persistent-evdev-config" { + cache = "/var/cache/persistent-evdev"; + devices = lib.mapAttrs (virt: phys: "/dev/input/by-id/${phys}") cfg.devices; + }; +in +{ + options.services.persistent-evdev = { + enable = lib.mkEnableOption "virtual input devices that persist even if the backing device is hotplugged"; + + devices = lib.mkOption { + default = {}; + type = with lib.types; attrsOf str; + description = '' + A set of virtual proxy device labels with backing physical device ids. + + Physical devices should already exist in <filename class="devicefile">/dev/input/by-id/</filename>. + Proxy devices will be automatically given a <literal>uinput-</literal> prefix. + + See the <link xlink:href="https://github.com/aiberia/persistent-evdev#example-usage-with-libvirt"> + project page</link> for example configuration of virtual devices with libvirt + and remember to add <literal>uinput-*</literal> devices to the qemu + <literal>cgroup_device_acl</literal> list (see <xref linkend="opt-virtualisation.libvirtd.qemu.verbatimConfig"/>). + ''; + example = lib.literalExpression '' + { + persist-mouse0 = "usb-Logitech_G403_Prodigy_Gaming_Mouse_078738533531-event-if01"; + persist-mouse1 = "usb-Logitech_G403_Prodigy_Gaming_Mouse_078738533531-event-mouse"; + persist-mouse2 = "usb-Logitech_G403_Prodigy_Gaming_Mouse_078738533531-if01-event-kbd"; + persist-keyboard0 = "usb-Microsoft_NaturalĀ®_Ergonomic_Keyboard_4000-event-kbd"; + persist-keyboard1 = "usb-Microsoft_NaturalĀ®_Ergonomic_Keyboard_4000-if01-event-kbd"; + } + ''; + }; + }; + + config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable { + + systemd.services.persistent-evdev = { + documentation = [ "https://github.com/aiberia/persistent-evdev/blob/master/README.md" ]; + description = "Persistent evdev proxy"; + wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ]; + + serviceConfig = { + Restart = "on-failure"; + ExecStart = "${pkgs.persistent-evdev}/bin/persistent-evdev.py ${configFile}"; + CacheDirectory = "persistent-evdev"; + }; + }; + + services.udev.packages = [ pkgs.persistent-evdev ]; + }; + + meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ lodi ]; +} |