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    A NixOS configuration for a working sound driver on an A1418 Cirrus Logic CS8409/CS42L83.
    nix
    { stdenv, lib, fetchgit, linuxKernel, kernel ? linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_15
    , version ? "d0d785dc1859b09299bde6d0f1d6786a0d610e7f" }:
    
    stdenv.mkDerivation {
    
      inherit version;
      name = "sna-hda-codec-cs8409-${version}-module-${kernel.modDirVersion}";
    
      # Upstream: https://github.com/davidjo/snd_hda_macbookpro
    
      src = fetchgit {
        url = "https://github.com/egorenar/snd-hda-codec-cs8409.git";
        rev = version;
        sha256 = "sha256-0UeoERcYpM+ojeZ7dDIE3ruTIoHkkC+s7FcoEVUTR0w=";
      };
    
      hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
      nativeBuildInputs = kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
    
      NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-g" "-Wall" "-Wno-unused-variable" "-Wno-unused-function" ];
    
      makeFlags = kernel.makeFlags ++ [
        "INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(out)"
        "KERNELRELEASE=${kernel.modDirVersion}"
        "KERNEL_DIR=${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build"
      ];
    
      postPatch = ''
        printf '
        snd-hda-codec-cs8409-objs := patch_cs8409.o patch_cs8409-tables.o
        obj-$(CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CS8409) += snd-hda-codec-cs8409.o
    
        KBUILD_EXTRA_CFLAGS = "-DAPPLE_PINSENSE_FIXUP -DAPPLE_CODECS -DCONFIG_SND_HDA_RECONFIG=1"
    
        KERNELRELEASE ?= $(shell uname -r)
        KERNEL_DIR    ?= /lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/build
        PWD           := $(shell pwd)
    
        default:
        	make -C $(KERNEL_DIR) M=$(PWD) CFLAGS_MODULE=$(KBUILD_EXTRA_CFLAGS)
    
        install:
        	make -C $(KERNEL_DIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install
        ' \
        > Makefile
    
        sed --in-place 's|<sound/cs42l42.h>|"${linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_0.dev}/lib/modules/${linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_0.modDirVersion}/source/include/sound/cs42l42.h"|'  patch_cs8409.h
        sed --in-place 's|hda_local.h|${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/source/sound/pci/hda/hda_local.h|'                                                      patch_cs8409.h
        sed --in-place 's|hda_jack.h|${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/source/sound/pci/hda/hda_jack.h|'                                                        patch_cs8409.h
        sed --in-place 's|hda_generic.h|${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/source/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.h|'                                                  patch_cs8409.h
        sed --in-place 's|hda_auto_parser.h|${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/source/sound/pci/hda/hda_auto_parser.h|'                                          patch_cs8409.h
      '';
    
      meta = { platforms = lib.platforms.linux; };
    }
    ../packages/snd-hda-cs8409/default.nix

    Then build it as a extra/custom kernel module. The results of stumbling upon yet another troublesome device…

    nix
    { pkgs, ... }:
    
    {
      boot = {
        extraModulePackages = [
          (pkgs.callPackage ../packages/snd-hda-cs8409/default.nix {
            kernel = pkgs.linux_5_15;
          })
        ];
      };
    }
    hardware.nix
    #gists #linux