diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix index 31e15537179..36f3e7af873 100644 --- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix +++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix @@ -8,10 +8,15 @@ in { imports = [ ../../../modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix ]; - # Required to provide good EBS experience, + # Amazon recomments setting this to the highest possible value for a good EBS + # experience, which prior to 4.15 was 255. # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/nvme-ebs-volumes.html#timeout-nvme-ebs-volumes - # TODO change value to 4294967295 when kernel is updated to 4.15 or later - config.boot.kernelParams = [ "nvme_core.io_timeout=255" ]; + config.boot.kernelParams = + let timeout = + if pkgs.lib.versionAtLeast config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.version "4.15" + then "4294967295" + else "255"; + in [ "nvme_core.io_timeout=${timeout}" ]; options.amazonImage = { name = mkOption {