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+# Copyright 2024 Edgeless Systems GmbH
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+# Builds a micro VM image (i.e. rootfs, kernel and kernel cmdline) from a NixOS
+# configuration. These components can then be booted in a microVM-fashion
+# with QEMU's direct Linux boot feature.
+# See: https://qemu-project.gitlab.io/qemu/system/linuxboot.html
+
+{
+  symlinkJoin,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
+
+nixos-config:
+
+lib.throwIf
+  (lib.foldlAttrs (
+    acc: _: partConfig:
+    acc || (partConfig.repartConfig.Type == "esp")
+  ) false nixos-config.config.image.repart.partitions)
+  "MicroVM images should not contain an ESP."
+
+  symlinkJoin
+  {
+    name = "microvm-image";
+
+    paths = [
+      nixos-config.config.system.build.kernel
+      nixos-config.config.system.build.image
+    ];
+
+    postBuild = ''
+      echo -n ${lib.concatStringsSep " " nixos-config.config.boot.kernelParams} > $out/kernel-params
+    '';
+  }