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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-01-31 14:26:30 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-01-31 14:26:30 +0100 |
| commit | 44ddf33ed5b86fd79921aba5572a82c2a940808c (patch) | |
| tree | a4f49fcae010eaaae809d93753a726b8bdb103a5 /gnu | |
| parent | 70b33d81cfe4f2192a2167a82e55aabc4401c8a6 (diff) | |
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gnu: linux-initrd: Allow the root file system to be volatile.
* gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (qemu-initrd): Add 'volatile-root?'
parameter.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (boot-system): Likewise. Honor it.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm index 1cc1d3b147..9520473d01 100644 --- a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm +++ b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm @@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ list of Guile module names to be embedded in the initrd." (define* (qemu-initrd #:key guile-modules-in-chroot? + volatile-root? (mounts `((cifs "/store" ,(%store-prefix)) (cifs "/xchg" "/xchg")))) "Return a monadic derivation that builds an initrd for use in a QEMU guest @@ -202,7 +203,10 @@ be mounted atop the root file system, where each item has the form: When GUILE-MODULES-IN-CHROOT? is true, make core Guile modules available in the new root. This is necessary is the file specified as '--load' needs access to these modules (which is the case if it wants to even just print an -exception and backtrace!)." +exception and backtrace!). + +When VOLATILE-ROOT? is true, the root file system is writable but any changes +to it are lost." (define cifs-modules ;; Modules needed to mount CIFS file systems. '("md4.ko" "ecb.ko" "cifs.ko")) @@ -229,7 +233,8 @@ exception and backtrace!)." (boot-system #:mounts ',mounts #:linux-modules ',linux-modules #:qemu-guest-networking? #t - #:guile-modules-in-chroot? ',guile-modules-in-chroot?)) + #:guile-modules-in-chroot? ',guile-modules-in-chroot? + #:volatile-root? ',volatile-root?)) #:name "qemu-initrd" #:modules '((guix build utils) (guix build linux-initrd)) |