system: Add 'initrd-modules' field.

* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[initrd-modules]: New field.
(operating-system-initrd-file): Pass #:linux-modules to 'make-initrd'.
* gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (default-initrd-modules): New procedure.
(%base-initrd-modules): New macro.
(base-initrd): Add #:linux-modules and honor it.
* gnu/system/install.scm (embedded-installation-os): Use
'initrd-modules' instead of 'initrd'.
* gnu/tests/install.scm (%raid-root-os): Likewise.
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Add 'initrd-modules'.
(Initial RAM Disk): Document it.  Adjust example to not use
 #:extra-modules.

4 files changed, 36 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 71beee8259..1bcc1e1384 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
             operating-system-kernel
             operating-system-kernel-file
             operating-system-kernel-arguments
+            operating-system-initrd-modules
             operating-system-initrd
             operating-system-users
             operating-system-groups
@@ -154,6 +155,10 @@ booted from ROOT-DEVICE"
 
   (initrd operating-system-initrd                 ; (list fs) -> M derivation
           (default base-initrd))
+  (initrd-modules operating-system-initrd-modules ; list of strings
+                  (thunked)                       ; it's system-dependent
+                  (default %base-initrd-modules))
+
   (firmware operating-system-firmware             ; list of packages
             (default %base-firmware))
 
@@ -846,6 +851,8 @@ hardware-related operations as necessary when booting a Linux container."
 
   (mlet %store-monad ((initrd (make-initrd boot-file-systems
                                            #:linux (operating-system-kernel os)
+                                           #:linux-modules
+                                           (operating-system-initrd-modules os)
                                            #:mapped-devices mapped-devices)))
     (return (file-append initrd "/initrd"))))
 
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index b61660b4b9..37c591ec3a 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
@@ -396,10 +396,7 @@ The bootloader BOOTLOADER is installed to BOOTLOADER-TARGET."
     (kernel-arguments
      (cons (string-append "console=" tty)
            (operating-system-user-kernel-arguments installation-os)))
-    (initrd (lambda (fs . rest)
-              (apply base-initrd fs
-                     #:extra-modules extra-modules
-                     rest)))))
+    (initrd-modules (append extra-modules %base-initrd-modules))))
 
 (define beaglebone-black-installation-os
   (embedded-installation-os u-boot-beaglebone-black-bootloader
diff --git a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm
index 830445ac83..e7f97bb88d 100644
--- a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
   #:export (expression->initrd
+            %base-initrd-modules
             raw-initrd
             file-system-packages
             base-initrd))
@@ -277,14 +278,31 @@ FILE-SYSTEMS."
   (append-map (compose file-system-type-modules file-system-type)
               file-systems))
 
+(define* (default-initrd-modules #:optional (system (%current-system)))
+  "Return the list of modules included in the initrd by default."
+  `("ahci"                                  ;for SATA controllers
+    "usb-storage" "uas"                     ;for the installation image etc.
+    "usbhid" "hid-generic" "hid-apple"      ;keyboards during early boot
+    "dm-crypt" "xts" "serpent_generic" "wp512" ;for encrypted root partitions
+    "nls_iso8859-1"                            ;for `mkfs.fat`, et.al
+    ,@(if (string-match "^(x86_64|i[3-6]86)-" system)
+          '("pata_acpi" "pata_atiixp"    ;for ATA controllers
+            "isci")                      ;for SAS controllers like Intel C602
+          '())))
+
+(define-syntax %base-initrd-modules
+  ;; This more closely matches our naming convention.
+  (identifier-syntax (default-initrd-modules)))
+
 (define* (base-initrd file-systems
                       #:key
                       (linux linux-libre)
+                      (linux-modules '())
                       (mapped-devices '())
                       qemu-networking?
                       volatile-root?
                       (virtio? #t)
-                      (extra-modules '())
+                      (extra-modules '())         ;deprecated
                       (on-error 'debug))
   "Return a monadic derivation that builds a generic initrd, with kernel
 modules taken from LINUX.  FILE-SYSTEMS is a list of file-systems to be
@@ -307,17 +325,9 @@ loaded at boot time in the order in which they appear."
     '("virtio_pci" "virtio_balloon" "virtio_blk" "virtio_net"
       "virtio_console"))
 
-  (define linux-modules
+  (define linux-modules*
     ;; Modules added to the initrd and loaded from the initrd.
-    `("ahci"                                  ;for SATA controllers
-      "usb-storage" "uas"                     ;for the installation image etc.
-      "usbhid" "hid-generic" "hid-apple"      ;keyboards during early boot
-      "dm-crypt" "xts" "serpent_generic" "wp512" ;for encrypted root partitions
-      "nls_iso8859-1"                            ;for `mkfs.fat`, et.al
-      ,@(if (string-match "^(x86_64|i[3-6]86)-" (%current-system))
-            '("pata_acpi" "pata_atiixp"    ;for ATA controllers
-              "isci")                      ;for SAS controllers like Intel C602
-            '())
+    `(,@linux-modules
       ,@(if (or virtio? qemu-networking?)
             virtio-modules
             '())
@@ -332,7 +342,7 @@ loaded at boot time in the order in which they appear."
 
   (raw-initrd file-systems
               #:linux linux
-              #:linux-modules linux-modules
+              #:linux-modules linux-modules*
               #:mapped-devices mapped-devices
               #:helper-packages helper-packages
               #:qemu-networking? qemu-networking?
diff --git a/gnu/tests/install.scm b/gnu/tests/install.scm
index 3ac4a579da..e3bb1b46af 100644
--- a/gnu/tests/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/tests/install.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -565,11 +565,10 @@ where /gnu lives on a separate partition.")
                  (bootloader grub-bootloader)
                  (target "/dev/vdb")))
     (kernel-arguments '("console=ttyS0"))
-    (initrd (lambda (file-systems . rest)
-              ;; Add a kernel module for RAID-0 (aka. "stripe").
-              (apply base-initrd file-systems
-                     #:extra-modules '("raid0")
-                     rest)))
+
+    ;; Add a kernel module for RAID-0 (aka. "stripe").
+    (initrd-modules (cons "raid0" %base-initrd-modules))
+
     (mapped-devices (list (mapped-device
                            (source (list "/dev/vda2" "/dev/vda3"))
                            (target "/dev/md0")