Use kmod instead of module-init-tools

modules/config/system-path.nix

@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ let
     '';
 
   requiredPackages =
-    [ config.system.sbin.modprobe # must take precedence over module_init_tools
-      config.environment.nix
+    [ config.environment.nix
       pkgs.acl
       pkgs.attr
       pkgs.bashInteractive # bash with ncurses support
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ let
       pkgs.less
       pkgs.libcap
       pkgs.man
-      pkgs.module_init_tools
       pkgs.nano
       pkgs.ncurses
       pkgs.netcat

modules/system/boot/modprobe.nix

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ with pkgs.lib;
   options = {
 
     system.sbin.modprobe = mkOption {
-      # should be moved in module-init-tools
       internal = true;
       default = pkgs.writeTextFile {
         name = "modprobe";
@@ -18,8 +17,8 @@ with pkgs.lib;
         text =
           ''
             #! ${pkgs.stdenv.shell}
-            export MODULE_DIR=${config.system.modulesTree}/lib/modules/
-
+            export MODULE_DIR=/var/run/current-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules
+            
             # Fall back to the kernel modules used at boot time if the
             # modules in the current configuration don't match the
             # running kernel.
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ with pkgs.lib;
                 MODULE_DIR=/var/run/booted-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules/
             fi
 
-            exec ${pkgs.module_init_tools}/sbin/modprobe "$@"
+            exec ${pkgs.kmod}/sbin/modprobe "$@"
           '';
       };
       description = ''
@@ -78,6 +77,8 @@ with pkgs.lib;
         target = "modprobe.d/nixos.conf";
       };
 
+    environment.systemPackages = [ config.system.sbin.modprobe pkgs.kmod ];
+
     boot.blacklistedKernelModules =
       [ # This module is for debugging and generates gigantic amounts
         # of log output, so it should never be loaded automatically.
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ with pkgs.lib;
 
     environment.shellInit =
       ''
-        export MODULE_DIR=${config.system.modulesTree}/lib/modules/
+        export MODULE_DIR=/var/run/current-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules
       '';    
 
   };

modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh

@@ -188,12 +188,8 @@ if [ -n "$debug2" ]; then
 fi
 
 
-# FIXME: auto-loading of kernel modules in systemd doesn't work yet
-# because it uses libkmod.
-"$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe)" autofs4
-"$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe)" ipv6
-
-
 # Start systemd.
 echo "starting systemd..."
-PATH=/var/run/current-system/systemd/lib/systemd exec systemd --log-target journal --log-level debug --crash-shell
+PATH=/var/run/current-system/systemd/lib/systemd \
+    MODULE_DIR=/var/run/current-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules \
+    exec systemd --log-target journal --log-level debug --crash-shell