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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-15 11:30:50 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-15 12:24:14 +0200
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system: Add 'label' field to <operating-system>.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[label]: New field. (operating-system-default-label): New procedure. (operating-system-boot-parameters): Use it instead of 'kernel->boot-label'. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document it.
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@@ -10436,6 +10436,10 @@ the command-line of the kernel---e.g., @code{("console=ttyS0")}.
@item @code{bootloader}
The system bootloader configuration object. @xref{Bootloader Configuration}.
+@item @code{label}
+This is the label (a string) as it appears in the bootloader's menu entry.
+The default label includes the kernel name and version.
+
@item @code{keyboard-layout} (default: @code{#f})
This field specifies the keyboard layout to use in the console. It can be
either @code{#f}, in which case the default keyboard layout is used (usually