nixos/install: disable kernel debug console logging

Add another option for debugging instead. Lots of users have been
complaining about this default behaviour.

This patch also cleans up the EFI bootloader entries in the ISO.

2 files changed, 42 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
index 8891ce0b6667..96f7aac1d59d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
@@ -46,17 +46,24 @@ let
 
     # A variant to boot with 'nomodeset'
     LABEL boot-nomodeset
-    MENU LABEL NixOS ${config.system.nixosVersion}${config.isoImage.appendToMenuLabel} (with nomodeset)
+    MENU LABEL NixOS ${config.system.nixosVersion}${config.isoImage.appendToMenuLabel} (nomodeset)
     LINUX /boot/bzImage
     APPEND init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams} nomodeset
     INITRD /boot/initrd
 
     # A variant to boot with 'copytoram'
     LABEL boot-copytoram
-    MENU LABEL NixOS ${config.system.nixosVersion}${config.isoImage.appendToMenuLabel} (with copytoram)
+    MENU LABEL NixOS ${config.system.nixosVersion}${config.isoImage.appendToMenuLabel} (copytoram)
     LINUX /boot/bzImage
     APPEND init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams} copytoram
     INITRD /boot/initrd
+
+    # A variant to boot with verbose logging to the console
+    LABEL boot-nomodeset
+    MENU LABEL NixOS ${config.system.nixosVersion}${config.isoImage.appendToMenuLabel} (debug)
+    LINUX /boot/bzImage
+    APPEND init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams} loglevel=7
+    INITRD /boot/initrd
   '';
 
   isolinuxMemtest86Entry = ''
@@ -74,25 +81,43 @@ let
     cp -v ${pkgs.systemd}/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-boot${targetArch}.efi $out/EFI/boot/boot${targetArch}.efi
     mkdir -p $out/loader/entries
 
-    echo "title NixOS Live CD" > $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd.conf
-    echo "linux /boot/bzImage" >> $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd.conf
-    echo "initrd /boot/initrd" >> $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd.conf
-    echo "options init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams}" >> $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd.conf
+    cat << EOF > $out/loader/entries/nixos-iso.conf
+    title NixOS ${config.system.nixosVersion}${config.isoImage.appendToMenuLabel}
+    linux /boot/bzImage
+    initrd /boot/initrd
+    options init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams}
+    EOF
 
     # A variant to boot with 'nomodeset'
-    echo "title NixOS Live CD (with nomodeset)" > $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd-nomodeset.conf
-    echo "linux /boot/bzImage" >> $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd-nomodeset.conf
-    echo "initrd /boot/initrd" >> $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd-nomodeset.conf
-    echo "options init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams} nomodeset" >> $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd-nomodeset.conf
+    cat << EOF > $out/loader/entries/nixos-iso-nomodeset.conf
+    title NixOS ${config.system.nixosVersion}${config.isoImage.appendToMenuLabel}
+    version nomodeset
+    linux /boot/bzImage
+    initrd /boot/initrd
+    options init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams} nomodeset
+    EOF
 
     # A variant to boot with 'copytoram'
-    echo "title NixOS Live CD (with copytoram)" > $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd-copytoram.conf
-    echo "linux /boot/bzImage" >> $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd-copytoram.conf
-    echo "initrd /boot/initrd" >> $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd-copytoram.conf
-    echo "options init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams} copytoram" >> $out/loader/entries/nixos-livecd-copytoram.conf
-
-    echo "default nixos-livecd" > $out/loader/loader.conf
-    echo "timeout ${builtins.toString config.boot.loader.timeout}" >> $out/loader/loader.conf
+    cat << EOF > $out/loader/entries/nixos-iso-copytoram.conf
+    title NixOS ${config.system.nixosVersion}${config.isoImage.appendToMenuLabel}
+    version copytoram
+    linux /boot/bzImage
+    initrd /boot/initrd
+    options init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams} copytoram
+    EOF
+
+    # A variant to boot with verbose logging to the console
+    cat << EOF > $out/loader/entries/nixos-iso-debug.conf
+    title NixOS ${config.system.nixosVersion}${config.isoImage.appendToMenuLabel} (debug)
+    linux /boot/bzImage
+    initrd /boot/initrd
+    options init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams} loglevel=7
+    EOF
+
+    cat << EOF > $out/loader/loader.conf
+    default nixos-iso
+    timeout ${builtins.toString config.boot.loader.timeout}
+    EOF
   '';
 
   efiImg = pkgs.runCommand "efi-image_eltorito" { buildInputs = [ pkgs.mtools pkgs.libfaketime ]; }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix b/nixos/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix
index 8e1482f5533f..506a6ee3eaa8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/profiles/installation-device.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ with lib;
     # Show all debug messages from the kernel but don't log refused packets
     # because we have the firewall enabled. This makes installs from the
     # console less cumbersome if the machine has a public IP.
-    boot.consoleLogLevel = mkDefault 7;
     networking.firewall.logRefusedConnections = mkDefault false;
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.vim ];