modules/hardware/thinkpad: Default intel.updateMicrocode to true

Not updating the microcode on thinkpads is kind of a death sentence
for some kernel updates, so let’s do it by default.

In case somebody uses it for an AMD thinkpad in the future, we might
have to check whether the option creates a problem.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/modules/hardware/thinkpad.nix b/modules/hardware/thinkpad.nix
index e4c1cd70..f296c5d6 100644
--- a/modules/hardware/thinkpad.nix
+++ b/modules/hardware/thinkpad.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ in
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    # We need to update the Intel microcode on every update,
+    # otherwise there can be problems with newers kernels.
+    hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = mkDefault true;
+
     # read acpi stats (e.g. battery)
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.acpi ];