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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/vm.scm4
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/vm.scm12
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/vm.scm b/gnu/build/vm.scm
index c062ab5c71..d2bf7418fd 100644
--- a/gnu/build/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/vm.scm
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ it, run its initializer, and unmount it."
(register-closures? #t)
system-directory
(deduplicate? #t)
+ (make-device-nodes
+ make-essential-device-nodes)
(extra-directives '()))
"Return a procedure to initialize a root partition.
@@ -392,7 +394,7 @@ system that is passed to 'populate-root-file-system'."
target))
;; Populate /dev.
- (make-essential-device-nodes target)
+ (make-device-nodes target)
;; Optionally, register the inputs in the image's store.
(when register-closures?
diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index 65e96d42ee..e8c2f6e162 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ INPUTS is a list of inputs (as for packages)."
(disk-image-format "qcow2")
(file-system-type "ext4")
(file-system-options '())
+ (device-nodes 'linux)
(extra-directives '())
file-system-label
file-system-uuid
@@ -397,6 +398,9 @@ the image. By default, REGISTER-CLOSURES? is set to true only if a service of
type GUIX-SERVICE-TYPE is present in the services definition of the operating
system.
+When DEVICE-NODES is 'linux, create Linux-device block and character devices
+under /dev. When it is 'hurd, do Hurdish things.
+
EXTRA-DIRECTIVES is an optional list of directives to populate the root file
system that is passed to 'populate-root-file-system'."
(define schema
@@ -416,6 +420,9 @@ system that is passed to 'populate-root-file-system'."
#~(begin
(use-modules (gnu build bootloader)
(gnu build vm)
+ ((gnu build linux-boot)
+ #:select (make-essential-device-nodes
+ make-hurd-device-nodes))
(guix store database)
(guix build utils)
(srfi srfi-26)
@@ -453,6 +460,11 @@ system that is passed to 'populate-root-file-system'."
#:register-closures? #$register-closures?
#:system-directory #$os
+ #:make-device-nodes
+ #$(match device-nodes
+ ('linux #~make-essential-device-nodes)
+ ('hurd #~make-hurd-device-nodes))
+
;; Disable deduplication to speed things up,
;; and because it doesn't help much for a
;; single system generation.