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diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index bf5af8369e..014eef053b 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
#:use-module (ice-9 format)
#:export (root-file-system-service
file-system-service
+ device-mapping-service
user-processes-service
host-name-service
console-font-service
@@ -99,18 +100,20 @@ This service must be the root of the service dependency graph so that its
(define* (file-system-service device target type
#:key (flags '()) (check? #t)
- create-mount-point? options (title 'any))
+ create-mount-point? options (title 'any)
+ (requirements '()))
"Return a service that mounts DEVICE on TARGET as a file system TYPE with
OPTIONS. TITLE is a symbol specifying what kind of name DEVICE is: 'label for
a partition label, 'device for a device file name, or 'any. When CHECK? is
true, check the file system before mounting it. When CREATE-MOUNT-POINT? is
true, create TARGET if it does not exist yet. FLAGS is a list of symbols,
-such as 'read-only' etc."
+such as 'read-only' etc. Optionally, REQUIREMENTS may be a list of service
+names such as device-mapping services."
(with-monad %store-monad
(return
(service
(provision (list (symbol-append 'file-system- (string->symbol target))))
- (requirement '(root-file-system))
+ (requirement `(root-file-system ,@requirements))
(documentation "Check, mount, and unmount the given file system.")
(start #~(lambda args
(let ((device (canonicalize-device-spec #$device '#$title)))
@@ -567,6 +570,21 @@ extra rules from the packages listed in @var{rules}."
pid)))))
(stop #~(make-kill-destructor))))))
+(define (device-mapping-service target command)
+ "Return a service that maps device @var{target}, a string such as
+@code{\"home\"} (meaning @code{/dev/mapper/home}), by executing @var{command},
+a gexp."
+ (with-monad %store-monad
+ (return (service
+ (provision (list (symbol-append 'device-mapping-
+ (string->symbol target))))
+ (requirement '(udev))
+ (documentation "Map a device node using Linux's device mapper.")
+ (start #~(lambda ()
+ #$command))
+ (stop #~(const #f))
+ (respawn? #f)))))
+
(define %base-services
;; Convenience variable holding the basic services.
(let ((motd (text-file "motd" "