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diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index 2e82e12be2..163e8b4e9c 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ substitutable."
(disk-image-size 'guess)
(disk-image-format "qcow2")
(file-system-type "ext4")
+ (file-system-options '())
+ (device-nodes 'linux)
+ (extra-directives '())
file-system-label
file-system-uuid
os
@@ -290,7 +293,8 @@ substitutable."
'qcow2' or 'raw'), with a root partition of type FILE-SYSTEM-TYPE.
Optionally, FILE-SYSTEM-LABEL can be specified as the volume name for the root
partition; likewise FILE-SYSTEM-UUID, if true, specifies the UUID of the root
-partition (a UUID object).
+partition (a UUID object). FILE-SYSTEM-OPTIONS is an optional list of
+command-line options passed to 'mkfs.ext4' (or similar).
The returned image is a full disk image that runs OS-DERIVATION,
with a GRUB installation that uses GRUB-CONFIGURATION as its configuration
@@ -301,7 +305,13 @@ all of INPUTS into the image being built. When REGISTER-CLOSURES? is true,
register INPUTS in the store database of the image so that Guix can be used in
the image. By default, REGISTER-CLOSURES? is set to true only if a service of
type GUIX-SERVICE-TYPE is present in the services definition of the operating
-system."
+system.
+
+When DEVICE-NODES is 'linux, create Linux-device block and character devices
+under /dev. When it is 'hurd, do Hurdish things.
+
+EXTRA-DIRECTIVES is an optional list of directives to populate the root file
+system that is passed to 'populate-root-file-system'."
(define schema
(and register-closures?
(local-file (search-path %load-path
@@ -319,6 +329,9 @@ system."
#~(begin
(use-modules (gnu build bootloader)
(gnu build vm)
+ ((gnu build linux-boot)
+ #:select (make-essential-device-nodes
+ make-hurd-device-nodes))
(guix store database)
(guix build utils)
(srfi srfi-26)
@@ -350,11 +363,17 @@ system."
(((names . _) ...)
names)))
(initialize (root-partition-initializer
+ #:extra-directives '#$extra-directives
#:closures graphs
#:copy-closures? #$copy-inputs?
#:register-closures? #$register-closures?
#:system-directory #$os
+ #:make-device-nodes
+ #$(match device-nodes
+ ('linux #~make-essential-device-nodes)
+ ('hurd #~make-hurd-device-nodes))
+
;; Disable deduplication to speed things up,
;; and because it doesn't help much for a
;; single system generation.
@@ -376,6 +395,7 @@ system."
(uuid #$(and=> file-system-uuid
uuid-bytevector))
(file-system #$file-system-type)
+ (file-system-options '#$file-system-options)
(flags '(boot))
(initializer initialize)))
;; Append a small EFI System Partition for use with UEFI