nixos-mods: extend description of when hardware.cpu.type must be set

3 months ago · 2535116e5d
parent bc47fe75b4
commit 2535116e5d
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/nix/nixos-modules/hwCommon.nix
+++ b/nix/nixos-modules/hwCommon.nix
@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ in

      type = lib.mkOption {
        description = ''
-          Configures the CPU type to expect this configuration to run on
+          Configures the CPU type to expect this configuration to run on.
+
+          This setting is required when using generalizing options
+          like option{hardware.cpu.updateMicrocode}.
        '';
        type = with lib.types; nullOr enum [
          "amd"