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diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index e75c09d859..fa93654144 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
#:use-module (gnu packages zile)
#:use-module (gnu packages grub)
#:use-module (gnu packages linux)
- #:use-module (gnu packages linux-initrd)
#:use-module (gnu packages package-management)
#:use-module ((gnu packages make-bootstrap)
#:select (%guile-static-stripped))
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@
#:use-module (gnu system shadow)
#:use-module (gnu system linux)
+ #:use-module (gnu system linux-initrd)
#:use-module (gnu system grub)
#:use-module (gnu system dmd)
#:use-module (gnu system)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
(system (%current-system))
(inputs '())
(linux linux-libre)
- (initrd qemu-initrd)
+ initrd
(qemu qemu/smb-shares)
(env-vars '())
(modules '())
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@
(references-graphs #f)
(disk-image-size
(* 100 (expt 2 20))))
- "Evaluate EXP in a QEMU virtual machine running LINUX with INITRD. In the
-virtual machine, EXP has access to all of INPUTS from the store; it should put
-its output files in the `/xchg' directory, which is copied to the derivation's
-output when the VM terminates.
+ "Evaluate EXP in a QEMU virtual machine running LINUX with INITRD (a
+derivation). In the virtual machine, EXP has access to all of INPUTS from the
+store; it should put its output files in the `/xchg' directory, which is
+copied to the derivation's output when the VM terminates.
When MAKE-DISK-IMAGE? is true, then create a QEMU disk image of
DISK-IMAGE-SIZE bytes and return it.
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ made available under the /xchg CIFS share."
(user-builder (text-file "builder-in-linux-vm"
(object->string exp*)))
(coreutils -> (car (assoc-ref %final-inputs "coreutils")))
+ (initrd (if initrd
+ (return initrd)
+ (qemu-initrd))) ; default initrd
(inputs (lower-inputs `(("qemu" ,qemu)
("linux" ,linux)
("initrd" ,initrd)