[RFC] linux: translate config to structured config

lib/kernel.nix

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+{ lib
+# we pass the kernel version here to keep a nice syntax `whenOlder "4.13"`
+# kernelVersion, e.g., config.boot.kernelPackages.version
+, version
+, mkValuePreprocess ? null
+}:
+
+with lib;
+rec {
+  # Common patterns
+  when        = cond: opt: if cond then opt else null;
+  whenAtLeast = ver: when (versionAtLeast version ver);
+  whenOlder   = ver: when (versionOlder version ver);
+  whenBetween = verLow: verHigh: when (versionAtLeast version verLow && versionOlder version verHigh);
+
+  # Keeping these around in case we decide to change this horrible implementation :)
+  option = x: if x == null then null else "?${x}";
+  yes    = "y";
+  no     = "n";
+  module = "m";
+
+  mkValue = val:
+  let
+    isNumber = c: elem c ["0" "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" "8" "9"];
+  in
+    if val == "" then "\"\""
+    else if val == yes || val == module || val == no then val
+    else if all isNumber (stringToCharacters val) then val
+    else if substring 0 2 val == "0x" then val
+    else val; # FIXME: fix quoting one day
+
+
+  # generate nix intermediate kernel config file of the form
+  #
+  #       VIRTIO_MMIO m
+  #       VIRTIO_BLK y
+  #       VIRTIO_CONSOLE n
+  #       NET_9P_VIRTIO? y
+  #
+  # Use mkValuePreprocess to preprocess option values, aka mark 'modules' as
+  # 'yes' or vice-versa
+  # Borrowed from copumpkin https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/12158
+  # returns a string, expr should be an attribute set
+  generateNixKConf = exprs: mkValuePreprocess:
+  let
+    mkConfigLine = key: rawval:
+    let
+      val = if builtins.isFunction mkValuePreprocess then mkValuePreprocess rawval else rawval;
+    in
+      if val == null
+        then ""
+        else if hasPrefix "?" val
+          then "${key}? ${mkValue (removePrefix "?" val)}\n"
+          else "${key} ${mkValue val}\n";
+    mkConf = cfg: concatStrings (mapAttrsToList mkConfigLine cfg);
+  in mkConf exprs;
+}