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xps_9320.nix

{
  config,
  pkgs,
  lib,
  inputs,
  ...
}: let
  ipu6-camera-bin = with pkgs;
    stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      pname = "ipu6-camera-bin";
      version = "main";

      src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
        owner = "intel";
        repo = "ipu6-camera-bins";
        rev = "main";
        sha256 = "sha256-XPT3dbV6Kl1/TEeiQESF4Q4s95hjtiv4VLlqlahQXqE=";
      };

      installPhase = ''
        mkdir $out
        cp -r $src/ipu6ep/* $out

        for pc in $out/lib/pkgconfig/*; do
          substituteInPlace $pc \
            --replace "exec_prefix=/usr" "exec_prefix=\''${prefix}" \
            --replace "prefix=/usr" "prefix=$out" \
            --replace "libdir=/usr/lib" "libdir=$out/lib" \
            --replace "includedir=/usr/include" "includedir=$out/include"
          done
      '';
    };

  ivsc-firmware = with pkgs;
    stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      pname = "ivsc-firmware";
      version = "main";

      src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
        owner = "intel";
        repo = "ivsc-firmware";
        rev = "main";
        sha256 = "sha256-GuD1oTnDEs0HslJjXx26DkVQIe0eS+js4UoaTDa77ME=";
      };

      installPhase = ''
        mkdir -p $out/lib/firmware/vsc/soc_a1_prod

        cp firmware/ivsc_pkg_ovti01a0_0.bin $out/lib/firmware/vsc/soc_a1_prod/ivsc_pkg_ovti01a0_0_a1_prod.bin
        cp firmware/ivsc_skucfg_ovti01a0_0_1.bin $out/lib/firmware/vsc/soc_a1_prod/ivsc_skucfg_ovti01a0_0_1_a1_prod.bin
        cp firmware/ivsc_fw.bin $out/lib/firmware/vsc/soc_a1_prod/ivsc_fw_a1_prod.bin
      '';
    };

  ipu6-camera-hal = with pkgs;
    stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      pname = "ipu6-camera-hal";
      version = "main";

      src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
        owner = "intel";
        repo = "ipu6-camera-hal";
        rev = "main";
        sha256 = "sha256-dJvTZt85rt5/v2JXOsfbSY933qffyXW74L0nWdIlqug=";
      };

      nativeBuildInputs = [cmake pkg-config];

      cmakeFlags = [
        "-DIPU_VER=ipu6ep"
        "-DENABLE_VIRTUAL_IPU_PIPE=OFF"
        "-DUSE_PG_LITE_PIPE=ON"
        "-DUSE_STATIC_GRAPH=OFF"
        "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
        "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
        "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include"
      ];

      buildInputs = [
        ipu6-camera-bin

        expat.dev
        libtool
      ];
    };

  icamerasrc = with pkgs;
    stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      pname = "icamerasrc";
      version = "icamerasrc_slim_api";

      src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
        owner = "intel";
        repo = "icamerasrc";
        rev = "icamerasrc_slim_api";
        sha256 = "sha256-qlV363l4tUjUAa1LiZQq55byKpz1tLESKAXEmgiYHVo=";
      };

      nativeBuildInputs = [automake autoconf autoreconfHook pkg-config];

      # gstreamer cannot otherwise be found
      NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base.dev}/include/gstreamer-1.0";

      CHROME_SLIM_CAMHAL = "ON";
      STRIP_VIRTUAL_CHANNEL_CAMHAL = "ON";

      buildInputs = [
        ipu6-camera-bin
        ipu6-camera-hal

        expat.dev
        libtool
        gst_all_1.gstreamer.dev
        gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base.dev
        libdrm.dev
      ];
    };

  ivsc-driver = with pkgs;
    stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      pname = "ivsc-driver";
      version = "master";

      src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
        owner = "intel";
        repo = "ivsc-driver";
        rev = "master";
        sha256 = "sha256-Q7iyKw4WFSX42E4AtoW/zYRKpknWZSU66V5VPAx6AjA=";
      };

      nativeBuildInputs = config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;

      installTargets = ["modules_install"];

      makeFlags =
        config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.makeFlags
        ++ [
          "KERNELRELEASE=${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.modDirVersion}"
          "KERNEL_SRC=${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.modDirVersion}/build"
          "INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${placeholder "out"}"
        ];
    };

  ipu6-drivers = with pkgs;
    stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      pname = "ipu6-drivers";
      version = "master";

      src = builtins.fetchGit {
        url = "https://git.launchpad.net/~vicamo/+git/intel-ipu6-dkms";
        rev = "d44f973c27aa7dc77512f808ae84fda9846cdd4b";
        ref = "ubuntu/devel";
      };

      nativeBuildInputs = config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;

      prePatch = ''
        patches="$(echo debian/patches/*.patch)$(echo patches/*.patch)"
      '';

      installTargets = ["modules_install"];

      makeFlags =
        config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.makeFlags
        ++ [
          "KERNELRELEASE=${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.modDirVersion}"
          "KERNEL_SRC=${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.modDirVersion}/build"
          "INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${placeholder "out"}"
        ];
    };

  v4l2-relayd = with pkgs;
    stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      pname = "v4l2-relayd";
      version = "main";

      src = pkgs.fetchFromGitLab {
        owner = "vicamo";
        repo = "v4l2-relayd";
        rev = "main";
        sha256 = "sha256-3F1ySkGOGlSIPMi+p1NFip4wOsJ0gOdi08s9oQsZsG4=";
      };

      nativeBuildInputs = [automake autoconf autoreconfHook pkg-config];

      preInstall = ''
        mkdir -p $out/lib/systemd/system $out/etc
        ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cp -r $src/data/etc/* $out/etc
        ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cp -r $src/data/systemd/* $out/lib/systemd/system
      '';

      buildInputs = [
        gst_all_1.gstreamer.dev
        gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base.dev
      ];
    };

  v4l2loopback = config.boot.kernelPackages.v4l2loopback.overrideAttrs (super: {
    src = builtins.fetchGit {
      url = "https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/v4l2loopback";
      ref = "ubuntu/devel";
      rev = "b37d72d783e2605447858ab8bcdf80ddf5ea906a";
    };

    prePatch = ''
      patches="$(echo debian/patches/*.patch)$(echo patches/*.patch)"
    '';
  });

  webcamName = "Stupid Webcam";
in {
  imports = [
    inputs.nixos-hardware.nixosModules.common-pc-ssd
    inputs.nixos-hardware.nixosModules.common-pc-laptop

    inputs.nixos-hardware.nixosModules.common-cpu-intel
  ];

  hardware.enableAllFirmware = true;

  services.hardware.bolt.enable = true;
  services.colord.enable = true;
  services.fprintd.enable = true;

  environment.etc.camera.source = "${ipu6-camera-hal}/share/defaults/etc/camera";

  systemd.services.v4l2-relayd = {
    environment = {
      GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0 = lib.makeSearchPathOutput "lib" "lib/gstreamer-1.0" (with pkgs.gst_all_1; [icamerasrc gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good]);
      LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "${ipu6-camera-bin}/lib";
    };
    script = ''
      export GST_DEBUG=2
      export DEVICE=$(grep -l -m1 -E "^${webcamName}$" /sys/devices/virtual/video4linux/*/name | cut -d/ -f6);

      exec ${v4l2-relayd}/bin/v4l2-relayd \
        --debug \
        -i "icamerasrc" \
        -o "appsrc name=appsrc caps=video/x-raw,format=NV12,width=1280,height=720,framerate=30/1 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=YUY2 ! v4l2sink name=v4l2sink device=/dev/$DEVICE"
    '';
    wantedBy = ["multi-user.target"];
    serviceConfig = {
      User = "root";
      Group = "root";
    };
  };

  hardware.firmware = [
    ipu6-camera-bin
    ivsc-firmware
  ];

  boot.extraModulePackages = [
    ipu6-drivers
    ivsc-driver
    v4l2loopback
  ];

  boot.kernelModules = [
    "v4l2loopback"
  ];

  boot.extraModprobeConfig = ''
    options v4l2loopback exclusive_caps=1 card_label="${webcamName}"
  '';
}

Great your mic is finally working. The browser is the only application I need camera support so far. I tried to install the browsers my home-manager also. But that way camera support vanished.
Looks like cheese would have the same issue on my laptop

[nix-shell:]$ cheese 

(cheese:539286): Gdk-WARNING **: 09:16:52.061: Native Windows taller than 65535 pixels are not supported
** Message: 09:16:52.518: cheese-application.vala:222: Error during camera setup: No device found


(cheese:539286): cheese-CRITICAL **: 09:16:52.525: cheese_camera_device_get_name: assertion 'CHEESE_IS_CAMERA_DEVICE (device)' failed

(cheese:539286): GLib-CRITICAL **: 09:16:52.525: g_variant_new_string: assertion 'string != NULL' failed

(cheese:539286): GLib-CRITICAL **: 09:16:52.525: g_variant_ref_sink: assertion 'value != NULL' failed

(cheese:539286): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 09:16:52.525: g_settings_schema_key_type_check: assertion 'value != NULL' failed

(cheese:539286): GLib-CRITICAL **: 09:16:52.525: g_variant_get_type_string: assertion 'value != NULL' failed

(cheese:539286): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 09:16:52.525: g_settings_set_value: key 'camera' in 'org.gnome.Cheese' expects type 's', but a GVariant of type '(null)' was given

(cheese:539286): GLib-CRITICAL **: 09:16:52.525: g_variant_unref: assertion 'value != NULL' failed

** (cheese:539286): CRITICAL **: 09:16:52.525: cheese_preferences_dialog_setup_resolutions_for_device: assertion 'device != NULL' failed

(cheese:539286): Clutter-CRITICAL **: 09:17:25.786: Unable to create dummy onscreen: No foreign surface, and wl_shell unsupported by the compositor

Note that I needed sound.enable = true; for this to persist across reboots (this runs alsactl store).

But that way camera support vanished.

oh, surprising

Cheese is for me the only application that I cannot get to work, irrespective of what I do. zoom/obs/firefox/chrome work, but not cheese.

Actually, I can get cheese to work if I run it as root, change in the preferences the app to select the good camera, and restart it. Not sure how to fix this as I get:

(cheese:13230): cheese-WARNING **: 15:47:35.995: stream error: can't negotiate buffers on port: ../src/gst/gstpipewiresrc.c(689): on_state_changed (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin36/GstPipeWireSrc:pipewiresrc1

I read this morning a notification of someone suggesting me this fix, with a link, but impossible to find it again!?

Seems like this is an upstream bug of cheese https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/1978757

It's been a very long time since I last used this laptop, and have no idea how much of what I know or this Gist is still relevant. Are the current drivers able to automatically create a v4l2 device? Because if not, you might still need the v4l2-relayd stuff (create a virtual v4l2 device and automatically stream your webcam through it when an application wants to use it), unless everything has been updated to support whatever new protocol there is instead.

I do also remember the sudo alsactl init thing, and think I ended up needing to run it every reboot but forgot to mention it.

Thanks for the answer. So the code of p-alik seems to be the minimal set of changes to apply. To avoid typing alsactl init, it seems like enabling sound.enable = true; does a thing to preserve the setting.

Sorry I didn't mention sound.enable = true before. :-(

@p-alik do you plan to submit your changes to https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware? If yes, maybe add the sound.enable line and a comment on alsactl init (see also NixOS/nixpkgs#294170), and a line mentionning that cheese is broken due to an upstream bug. I also slightly improved your setting to hide the dummy camera (not even sure why it appears from the start) as it was confusing some softwares, see my changes here NixOS/nixpkgs#225743 (comment)

@p-alik do you plan to submit your changes to https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware?

will do on coming weekend

I also slightly improved your setting to hide the dummy camera (not even sure why it appears from the start) as it was confusing some softwares, see my changes here NixOS/nixpkgs#225743 (comment)

Thanks