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diff --git a/nixos/hardware/dell/xps/15-7590/README.wiki b/nixos/hardware/dell/xps/15-7590/README.wiki deleted file mode 100644 index 052df2911f1b..000000000000 --- a/nixos/hardware/dell/xps/15-7590/README.wiki +++ /dev/null @@ -1,54 +0,0 @@ -= Dell XPS 15 7590 = -*Mostly copied from 15-9550 - -== Tested Hardware == - -* CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9980HK -* RAM: 32 GB -* HDD: 1 TiB SSD -* Screen: 15" 4k (3840✕2160) -* Input: Touchscreen and trackpad. - -== Firmware Configuration == - -Not much tweaking of NixOS itself was needed. But we currently cannot automate the firmware setup, so this must be done by hand. - -=== Before installation === - -These settings are needed both for booting the final install, and installer itself. Therefore, they must be done first. - -* ''Disable Secure Boot (but keep UEFI Boot).'' Thankfully doing so is as easy as changing any other simple setting. - -* ''Disable Intel hardware RAID and use AHCI instead.'' Intel doesn't seem to provide a working linux driver for this. (If you just have SSD it's pointless and just slows things down needlessly anyways.) - -=== Wifi === -~~Wifi does not work with kernels older than 5.1 (firmware not present) or newer~~ (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=247705) - -Update: The 48.ucode causes the Killer wifi card to crash. The iwlfwifi-cc-a0-46.ucode works perfectly. -default.nix contains an overlay that removes the offending ucode from the linux-firmware bundle. -To use it one also needs to enable unfree firmware in their own configuration (<code>hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware = true;</code>) - -``` - # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader. - boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true; - boot.loader.grub = { - device = "nodev"; - efiSupport = true; - efiInstallAsRemovable = true; - }; - boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true; - boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_5_1; -``` -Disable the `canTouchEfiVariables` after a boot or two to prevent NVRAM wearout. - - -=== After installation === - -* ''Add systemd-boot to UEFI boot list.'' The (uneditable anyways) settings mapping drive UUIDs to HD* work fine. - -=== Optional === - -* ''Update BIOS.'' According to Reddit, this helps with battery life. - -=== Troubleshooting === - |