feat(nixos): disk hygiene, dedupe shared options, fix MacPro docs

- common-nixos: nix.settings.auto-optimise-store + larger download buffer.
- workstation: fstrim, boot.tmp.cleanOnBoot, and the shared graphical
  options moved here from the per-host configs (pipewire, swaylock PAM
  stub, redistributable firmware) -- MBP-Asahi gains audio it lacked.
- T400: zramSwap for the low-RAM host.
- MBP-Asahi: nixos-apple-silicon binary cache substituter.
- MacPro31 README: describe the real (LVM/UUID) hardware config; it is no
  longer a placeholder.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Emma Thorpe
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@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ install time or swap in the generated UUIDs.
`configuration.nix` imports exactly one boot module. Default is `boot-bios.nix`;
switch by commenting it out and uncommenting the relevant alternative.
| Firmware | Module | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stock Lenovo BIOS, or coreboot + **SeaBIOS** payload | `boot-bios.nix` | GRUB on the MBR. Set `device` to the real install disk (`/dev/sda` by default). MBR/legacy layout. |
| coreboot + **GRUB** payload | `boot-coreboot-grub.nix` | GRUB is config-only (`device = "nodev"`); NixOS does **not** write to a disk. Your coreboot `grub.cfg` (in the flash chip) must `search` for and `configfile` the on-disk `/boot/grub/grub.cfg`, or chainload the disk's GRUB. |
| coreboot + **Tianocore/edk2 (UEFI)** payload | `boot-coreboot-uefi.nix` | systemd-boot. `canTouchEfiVariables = true` (coreboot honours NVRAM writes). The module **declares its own ESP** (`/boot` vfat, label `ESP`) — when you regenerate `hardware-configuration.nix`, do **not** let it also define `/boot`. Create + label an `ESP` vfat partition (GPT). |
| Firmware | Module | Notes |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Stock Lenovo BIOS, or coreboot + **SeaBIOS** payload | `boot-bios.nix` | GRUB on the MBR. Set `device` to the real install disk (`/dev/sda` by default). MBR/legacy layout. |
| coreboot + **GRUB** payload | `boot-coreboot-grub.nix` | GRUB is config-only (`device = "nodev"`); NixOS does **not** write to a disk. Your coreboot `grub.cfg` (in the flash chip) must `search` for and `configfile` the on-disk `/boot/grub/grub.cfg`, or chainload the disk's GRUB. |
| coreboot + **Tianocore/edk2 (UEFI)** payload | `boot-coreboot-uefi.nix` | systemd-boot. `canTouchEfiVariables = true` (coreboot honours NVRAM writes). The module **declares its own ESP** (`/boot` vfat, label `ESP`) — when you regenerate `hardware-configuration.nix`, do **not** let it also define `/boot`. Create + label an `ESP` vfat partition (GPT). |
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