finally load the gpu firmware in initrd

flake.nix

@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
                 ...
               }:
               let
-                dtb = "${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel}/dtbs/qcom/${dtbName}";
                 image = import "${inputs.nixpkgs}/nixos/lib/make-disk-image.nix" {
                   inherit config lib pkgs;
 
@@ -92,8 +91,6 @@
 
               in
               {
-                imports = [ "${toString modulesPath}/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix" ];
-
                 hardware.deviceTree = {
                   enable = true;
                   name = "qcom/${dtbName}";
@@ -101,11 +98,18 @@
 
                 system.build.bootstrap-image = image;
 
-                boot.initrd.systemd.enable = true;
-                boot.initrd.systemd.emergencyAccess = true;
-                boot.loader.grub.enable = false;
-                boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
-                boot.loader.systemd-boot.graceful = true;
+                boot = {
+                  initrd = {
+                    systemd.enable = true;
+                    systemd.emergencyAccess = true;
+                  };
+
+                  loader = {
+                    grub.enable = false;
+                    systemd-boot.enable = true;
+                    systemd-boot.graceful = true;
+                  };
+                };
 
                 nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
 
@@ -114,16 +118,16 @@
                   bluetoothMac = "02:68:b3:29:da:98";
                 };
 
-                isoImage = {
-                  makeEfiBootable = true;
-                  makeUsbBootable = true;
-
-                  contents = [
-                    {
-                      source = dtb;
-                      target = "/x13s.dtb";
-                    }
-                  ];
+                fileSystems = {
+                  "/boot" = {
+                    fsType = "vfat";
+                    device = "/dev/disk/by-label/ESP";
+                  };
+                  "/" = {
+                    device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixos";
+                    fsType = "ext4";
+                    autoResize = true;
+                  };
                 };
               }
             )

module.nix

@@ -20,6 +20,21 @@ let
       );
   dtb = "${linuxPackages_x13s.kernel}/dtbs/qcom/${dtbName}";
   dtbEfiPath = "dtbs/x13s.dtb";
+
+  modulesClosure = pkgs.makeModulesClosure {
+    rootModules = config.boot.initrd.availableKernelModules ++ config.boot.initrd.kernelModules;
+    kernel = config.system.modulesTree;
+    firmware = config.hardware.firmware;
+    allowMissing = false;
+  };
+
+  modulesWithExtra = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+    name = "modules-closure";
+    paths = [
+      modulesClosure
+      x13sPackages.graphics-firmware
+    ];
+  };
 in
 {
   options.nixos-x13s = {
@@ -44,9 +59,14 @@ in
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.efibootmgr ];
 
     hardware.enableAllFirmware = true;
-    hardware.firmware = [ x13sPackages."x13s/extra-firmware" ];
+    hardware.firmware = lib.mkBefore [ x13sPackages.graphics-firmware ];
 
     boot = {
+      initrd.systemd.enable = true;
+      initrd.systemd.contents = {
+        "/lib".source = lib.mkForce "${modulesWithExtra}/lib";
+      };
+
       loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
       loader.systemd-boot.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
       loader.systemd-boot.extraFiles = {
@@ -65,9 +85,6 @@ in
         "pd_ignore_unused"
         "arm64.nopauth"
         # "regulator_ignore_unused" # allows for > 30 sec to load msm, at the potential cost of power
-
-        # blacklist graphics in initrd so the firmware can load from disk
-        "rd.driver.blacklist=msm"
       ];
 
       initrd = {
@@ -91,7 +108,7 @@ in
           "dispcc_sc8280xp"
           "phy_qcom_edp"
           "panel-edp"
-          # "msm"
+          "msm"
         ];
       };
     };

packages/default.nix

@@ -14,12 +14,23 @@ let
       }
     );
 in
-rec {
+{
   linux_jhovold = pkgs.callPackage linux_x13s_pkg {
     src = sources.linux-jhovold;
     version = "6.11.0-rc1";
     defconfig = "johan_defconfig";
   };
 
-  "x13s/extra-firmware" = pkgs.callPackage ./extra-firmware.nix { };
+  graphics-firmware =
+    let
+      gpu-src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles/n3hdr20w.exe";
+        hash = "sha256-Jwyl9uKOnjpwfHd+VaGHjYs9x8cUuRdFCERuXqaJwEY=";
+      };
+    in
+    pkgs.runCommand "graphics-firmware" { } ''
+      mkdir -vp "$out/lib/firmware/qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX"
+      ${lib.getExe pkgs.innoextract} ${gpu-src}
+      cp -v code\$GetExtractPath\$/*/*.mbn "$out/lib/firmware/qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/"
+    '';
 }

packages/extra-firmware.nix

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenvNoCC, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "x13s-extra-firmware";
-  version = "1.0.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "ironrobin";
-    repo = "x13s-alarm";
-    rev = "efa51c3b519f75b3983aef67855b1561d9828771";
-    sha256 = "sha256-weETbWXz9aL2pDQDKk7fkb1ecQH0qrhUYDs2E5EiJcI=";
-  };
-
-  dontFixup = true;
-  dontBuild = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/firmware/qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX
-    cp x13s-firmware/qcvss8280.mbn $out/lib/firmware/qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/
-  '';
-}