Hi there
I have a notebook that runs native root encrypted zfs. In my configuration.nix I have this snippet to enable remote unlocking:
# Remote ZFS Unlock
boot.initrd.network = {
enable = true;
ssh = {
enable = true;
port = 2222;
hostECDSAKey = /root/initrd-ssh-key;
authorizedKeys = [ "${mySecrets.auth_ssh_key1}" "${mySecrets.auth_ssh_key2}" ];
};
postCommands = ''
echo "zfs load-key -a; killall zfs" >> /root.profile
'';
};
boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "r8169" ];
Now I got a usb-c docking station that can also supply networking but I’ve been unable to get the network up during dhcp.
I expanded the kernel modules line at first to:
boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "r8169" "cdc_ncm" "xhci_hcd" ];
That would include the usb 3.0 drivers (xhci_hcd) and the kernel module that shown after system boot up when I check the network:
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/6p, 5000M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/4p, 5000M
|__ Port 1: Dev 3, If 5, Class=Communications, Driver=cdc_ncm, 5000M
[....]
*-network:2
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 6
logical name: enp0s20f0u1u1i5
serial: 00:50:b6:b5:c8:a4
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=cdc_ncm driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=CDC NCM ip=10.0.0.18 link=yes multicast=yes
However the initrd still only tries to bring up the eth0 interface:
According to https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/edc033a6165f4bb8f64799e285edce16700d3d21/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-network.nix#L112 it seems to try to load stuff that’s present there. Checking whether the usb network is also in there, I run
root@subi:~# ls -al /sys/class/net/enp0s20f0u1u1i5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 15 18:21 /sys/class/net/enp0s20f0u1u1i5 -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1/2-1.1:1.5/net/enp0s20f0u1u1i5
So the usb network seems actually to use some usb2 drivers. Because of that I check which usb modules are actually loaded and so I expanded the initrd modules again to:
boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "r8169" "cdc_ncm" "xhci_hcd" "usbnet" "intel_xhci_usb_role_switch" "usbcore" "usb_common" ];
Still, it does not attempt to get a dhcp for the usb network. So I wonder what I’m missing?