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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-04-05 23:13:58 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-04-05 23:15:20 +0200 |
| commit | e26d5076df964d3510273202dcb5b1fc36452d48 (patch) | |
| tree | 035c39649f5340841a41f5c9742a81cdbcfaf955 /gnu | |
| parent | bc45ceb5ffb445ca26a6cd5ac34f39d0dedd8504 (diff) | |
linux-initrd: Add virtio drivers by default.
* gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm (base-initrd): Change #:virtio? default
to #t. This will facilitate the use of GuixSD in VM guests.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm index 0e5334cf79..83685adcbc 100644 --- a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm +++ b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ initrd code." (linux linux-libre) (mapped-devices '()) qemu-networking? - virtio? + (virtio? #t) volatile-root? (extra-modules '())) "Return a monadic derivation that builds a generic initrd, with kernel @@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ 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. |