nixos/hypervGuest: add Microsoft Synthetic Keyboard driver

Ensure that the HyperV keyboard driver is available in the early
stages of the boot process. This allows the user to enter a disk
encryption passphrase or repair a boot problem in an interactive
shell.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/hyperv-guest.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/hyperv-guest.nix
index adc2810a993..105224b8964 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/hyperv-guest.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/hyperv-guest.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ in {
         "hv_balloon" "hv_netvsc" "hv_storvsc" "hv_utils" "hv_vmbus"
       ];
 
+      initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "hyperv_keyboard" ];
+
       kernelParams = [
         "video=hyperv_fb:${cfg.videoMode} elevator=noop"
       ];