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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a9c6e975a7..53ff744ea7 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -9860,7 +9860,7 @@ The list of Linux kernel modules that need to be available in the initial RAM disk. @xref{Initial RAM Disk}. @item @code{initrd} (default: @code{base-initrd}) -A monadic procedure that returns an initial RAM disk for the Linux +A procedure that returns an initial RAM disk for the Linux kernel. This field is provided to support low-level customization and should rarely be needed for casual use. @xref{Initial RAM Disk}. @@ -21917,10 +21917,10 @@ here is how to use it and customize it further. @cindex initrd @cindex initial RAM disk -@deffn {Monadic Procedure} raw-initrd @var{file-systems} @ +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} raw-initrd @var{file-systems} @ [#:linux-modules '()] [#:mapped-devices '()] @ [#:helper-packages '()] [#:qemu-networking? #f] [#:volatile-root? #f] -Return a monadic derivation that builds a raw initrd. @var{file-systems} is +Return a derivation that builds a raw initrd. @var{file-systems} is a list of file systems to be mounted by the initrd, possibly in addition to the root file system specified on the kernel command line via @code{--root}. @var{linux-modules} is a list of kernel modules to be loaded at boot time. @@ -21938,10 +21938,10 @@ When @var{volatile-root?} is true, the root file system is writable but any chan to it are lost. @end deffn -@deffn {Monadic Procedure} base-initrd @var{file-systems} @ +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} base-initrd @var{file-systems} @ [#:mapped-devices '()] [#:qemu-networking? #f] [#:volatile-root? #f]@ [#:linux-modules '()] -Return a monadic derivation that builds a generic initrd, with kernel +Return as a file-like object a generic initrd, with kernel modules taken from @var{linux}. @var{file-systems} is a list of file-systems to be mounted by the initrd, possibly in addition to the root file system specified on the kernel command line via @code{--root}. @var{mapped-devices} is a list of device @@ -21961,9 +21961,9 @@ program. That gives a lot of flexibility. The @code{expression->initrd} procedure builds such an initrd, given the program to run in that initrd. -@deffn {Monadic Procedure} expression->initrd @var{exp} @ +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} expression->initrd @var{exp} @ [#:guile %guile-static-stripped] [#:name "guile-initrd"] -Return a derivation that builds a Linux initrd (a gzipped cpio archive) +Return as a file-like object a Linux initrd (a gzipped cpio archive) containing @var{guile} and that evaluates @var{exp}, a G-expression, upon booting. All the derivations referenced by @var{exp} are automatically copied to the initrd. |