Created an embryo for hardware detection. Supports detecting WiFi and UEFI. This fixes #44 and is a start for #82.

archinstall/__init__.py

@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ from .lib.services import *
 from .lib.packages import *
 from .lib.output import *
 from .lib.storage import *
+from .lib.hardware import *

archinstall/lib/hardware.py

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import os
+from .networking import list_interfaces, enrichIfaceTypes
+
+def hasWifi():
+	if 'WIRELESS' in enrichIfaceTypes(list_interfaces().values()).values():
+		return True
+	return False
+
+def hasUEFI():
+	return os.path.isdir('/sys/firmware/efi')

archinstall/lib/networking.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+import os
 import fcntl
 import socket
 import struct
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-
 def getHwAddr(ifname):
 	s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
 	info = fcntl.ioctl(s.fileno(), 0x8927,  struct.pack('256s', bytes(ifname, 'utf-8')[:15]))
@@ -19,5 +19,22 @@ def list_interfaces(skip_loopback=True):
 		interfaces[mac] = iface
 	return interfaces
 
+def enrichIfaceTypes(interfaces :dict):
+	result = {}
+	for iface in interfaces:
+		if os.path.isdir(f"/sys/class/net/{iface}/bridge/"):
+			result[iface] = 'BRIDGE'
+		elif os.path.isfile(f"/sys/class/net/{iface}/tun_flags"):
+			# ethtool -i {iface}
+			result[iface] = 'TUN/TAP'
+		elif os.path.isdir(f"/sys/class/net/{iface}/device"):
+			if os.path.isdir(f"/sys/class/net/{iface}/wireless/"):
+				result[iface] = 'WIRELESS'
+			else:
+				result[iface] = 'PHYSICAL'
+		else:
+			result[iface] = 'UNKNOWN'
+	return result
+
 def get_interface_from_mac(mac):
 	return list_interfaces().get(mac.lower(), None)