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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm | 18 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm index 9feb8f73e6..83685adcbc 100644 --- a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm +++ b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm @@ -143,20 +143,22 @@ initrd code." (define* (base-initrd file-systems #:key + (linux linux-libre) (mapped-devices '()) qemu-networking? - virtio? + (virtio? #t) volatile-root? (extra-modules '())) - "Return a monadic derivation that builds a generic initrd. 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 '--root'. -MAPPED-DEVICES is a list of device mappings to realize before FILE-SYSTEMS are -mounted. + "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 +mounted by the initrd, possibly in addition to the root file system specified +on the kernel command line via '--root'. MAPPED-DEVICES is a list of device +mappings to realize before FILE-SYSTEMS are mounted. When QEMU-NETWORKING? is true, set up networking with the standard QEMU parameters. When VIRTIO? is true, load additional modules so the initrd can -be used as a QEMU guest with para-virtualized I/O drivers. +be used as a QEMU guest with the root file system on a para-virtualized block +device. When VOLATILE-ROOT? is true, the root file system is writable but any changes to it are lost. @@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ loaded at boot time in the order in which they appear." (open source target))) mapped-devices)) - (mlet %store-monad ((kodir (flat-linux-module-directory linux-libre + (mlet %store-monad ((kodir (flat-linux-module-directory linux linux-modules))) (expression->initrd #~(begin |