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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 9630ae1c58..51884c3c6f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3649,23 +3649,24 @@ at boot time, you can define the @code{initrd} field of the operating system declaration like this: @example -(initrd (cut base-initrd <> - #:extra-modules '("my.ko" "modules.ko"))) +(initrd (lambda (file-systems . rest) + (apply base-initrd file-systems + #:extra-modules '("my.ko" "modules.ko") + rest))) @end example -@noindent -Note that for the example above, the SRFI-26 module needs to be imported -(@pxref{SRFI-26,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}). - -It also handles common use cases that involves using the system as a -QEMU guest, or as a ``live'' system whose root file system is volatile. +The @code{base-initrd} procedure also handles common use cases that +involves using the system as a QEMU guest, or as a ``live'' system whose +root file system is volatile. @deffn {Monadic Procedure} base-initrd @var{file-systems} @ [#:qemu-networking? #f] [#:virtio? #f] [#:volatile-root? #f] @ - [#:extra-modules '()] + [#:extra-modules '()] [#:mapped-devices '()] Return a monadic derivation that builds a generic initrd. @var{file-systems} is a list of file-systems to be mounted by the initrd, possibly in addition to the root file system specified on the kernel command line via @code{--root}. +@var{mapped-devices} is a list of device mappings to realize before +@var{file-systems} are mounted (@pxref{Mapped Devices}). When @var{qemu-networking?} is true, set up networking with the standard QEMU parameters. When @var{virtio?} is true, load additional modules so the initrd can |