lsirec: init at unstable-2019-03-03

This adds lsirec, a utility that can be used to modify and recover certain LSI HBA PCIe cards.
My Dell R610 Server has an anti-feature that prevents the machine from booting, if any PCIe card not blessed by Dell for such usage is installed in the "storage slot" of the server. I used lsiutil to flash a different firmware to my "Dell PERC H310" to convert it into a "Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA Adapter". I was then able to use lsirec and the included sbrtool python script to modify my "Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA Adapter" card into pretending to be a "Dell PERC H200 Integrated" card, finally making it work in the storage slot and circumventing the stupid firmware check.

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diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lsirec/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lsirec/default.nix
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index 00000000000..cf2da7d1648
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+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lsirec/default.nix
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+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python3
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "lsirec";
+  version = "unstable-2019-03-03";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "marcan";
+    repo = "lsirec";
+    rev = "2dfb6dc92649feb01a3ddcfd117d4a99098084f2";
+    sha256 = "sha256-8v+KKjAJlJNpUT0poedRTQfPiDiwahrosXD35Bmh3jM=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ python3 ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm755 'lsirec' "$out/bin/lsirec"
+    install -Dm755 'sbrtool.py' "$out/bin/sbrtool"
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "LSI SAS2008/SAS2108 low-level recovery tool for Linux";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/marcan/lsirec";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ Luflosi ];
+  };
+}