path: root/upstart-jobs/udev.nix

{stdenv, writeText, substituteAll, cleanSource, udev, procps, firmwareDirs}:

let

  # Perform substitutions in all udev rules files.
  udevRules = stdenv.mkDerivation {
    name = "udev-rules";
    src = cleanSource ./udev-rules;
    firmwareLoader = substituteAll {
      src = ./udev-firmware-loader.sh;
      path = "${stdenv.coreutils}/bin";
      isExecutable = true;
      inherit firmwareDirs;
    };
    buildCommand = "
      buildCommand= # urgh
      ensureDir $out
      for i in $src/*; do
        substituteAll $i $out/$(basename $i)
      done
    ";
  };

  # The udev configuration file
  conf = writeText "udev.conf" "
    udev_rules=\"${udevRules}\"
  ";

  # Dummy file indicating whether we've run udevtrigger/udevsettle.
  # Since that *recreates* all device nodes with default permissions,
  # it's not nice to do that when a user is logged in (it messes up
  # the permissions set by pam_devperm).
  # !!! Actually, this makes the udev configuration less declarative;
  # changes may not take effect until the user reboots.  We should
  # find a better way to preserve the permissions of logged-in users.
  devicesCreated = "/var/run/devices-created";

in

{
  name = "udev";
  
  job = "
start on startup
stop on shutdown

env UDEV_CONFIG_FILE=${conf}

start script
    echo '' > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug

    # Get rid of possible old udev processes.
    ${procps}/bin/pkill -u root '^udevd$' || true

    # Start udev.
    ${udev}/sbin/udevd --daemon

    # Let udev create device nodes for all modules that have already
    # been loaded into the kernel (or for which support is built into
    # the kernel).
    if ! test -e ${devicesCreated}; then
        ${udev}/sbin/udevtrigger
        ${udev}/sbin/udevsettle # wait for udev to finish
        touch ${devicesCreated}
    fi

    # Kill udev, let Upstart restart and monitor it.  (This is nasty,
    # but we have to run udevtrigger first.  Maybe we can use
    # Upstart's `binary' keyword, but it isn't implemented yet.)
    if ! ${procps}/bin/pkill -u root '^udevd$'; then
        echo \"couldn't stop udevd\"
    fi

    while ${procps}/bin/pgrep -u root '^udevd$'; do
        sleep 1
    done

    initctl emit new-devices
end script

respawn ${udev}/sbin/udevd
  ";

}