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| author | Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> | 2020-05-03 15:09:15 +0200 |
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| committer | Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> | 2020-06-08 13:51:18 +0200 |
| commit | 2018fb2afe20988193a50fe30159725f51db0a4b (patch) | |
| tree | cf100d48d042d0dcd5f2926d921d3a3b09277471 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 45b2cb439deaa2f438aed3893ee8fc80445d5563 (diff) | |
| download | guix-2018fb2afe20988193a50fe30159725f51db0a4b.tar guix-2018fb2afe20988193a50fe30159725f51db0a4b.tar.gz | |
system: Add 'hurd' field to <operating-system>.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[hurd]: New field.
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document 'hurd'.
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 056bf011f6..46aceae068 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -11484,9 +11484,21 @@ configuration (@pxref{Using the Configuration System}). @table @asis @item @code{kernel} (default: @code{linux-libre}) -The package object of the operating system kernel to use@footnote{Currently -only the Linux-libre kernel is supported. In the future, it will be -possible to use the GNU@tie{}Hurd.}. +The package object of the operating system kernel to +use@footnote{Currently only the Linux-libre kernel is fully supported. +Using GNU@tie{}mach with the GNU@tie{}Hurd is experimental and only +available when building a virtual machine disk image.}. + +@cindex hurd +@item @code{hurd} (default: @code{#f}) +The package object of the hurd to be started by the kernel. When this +field is set, produce a GNU/Hurd operating system. In that case, +@code{kernel} must also be set to the @code{gnumach} package---the +microkernel the Hurd runs on. + +@quotation Warning +This feature is experimental and only supported for disk images. +@end quotation @item @code{kernel-loadable-modules} (default: '()) A list of objects (usually packages) to collect loadable kernel modules |