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-rw-r--r--gnu/system/vm.scm9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index 8cfbda2264..4a159d6159 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@
(env-vars '())
(guile-for-build
(%guile-for-build))
+ (file-systems
+ %linux-vm-file-systems)
(single-file-output? #f)
(make-disk-image? #f)
@@ -134,8 +136,9 @@
(disk-image-size 'guess))
"Evaluate EXP in a QEMU virtual machine running LINUX with INITRD (a
derivation). The virtual machine runs with MEMORY-SIZE MiB of memory. In the
-virtual machine, EXP has access to all its inputs from the store; it should
-put its output file(s) in the '/xchg' directory.
+virtual machine, EXP has access to FILE-SYSTEMS, which, by default, includes a
+9p share of the store, the '/xchg' where EXP should put its output file(s),
+and a 9p share of /tmp.
If SINGLE-FILE-OUTPUT? is true, copy a single file from '/xchg' to OUTPUT.
Otherwise, copy the contents of /xchg to a new directory OUTPUT.
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ made available under the /xchg CIFS share."
(coreutils -> (canonical-package coreutils))
(initrd (if initrd ; use the default initrd?
(return initrd)
- (base-initrd %linux-vm-file-systems
+ (base-initrd file-systems
#:on-error 'backtrace
#:linux linux
#:linux-modules %base-initrd-modules