From afc57916e5398737e13d94b3823983783221eb63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 21:21:38 +0200 Subject: linux-boot: Allow the root file system to be mounted via NFS. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (boot-system) Treat a root option with ":/" as an nfs source and avoid to call 'canonicalize-device-spec' for it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès --- gnu/build/linux-boot.scm | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnu/build') diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm index 4fb711b8f2..05e833c0c6 100644 --- a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm +++ b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm @@ -534,10 +534,13 @@ upon error." ;; The "--root=SPEC" kernel command-line option always provides a ;; string, but the string can represent a device, a UUID, or a ;; label. So check for all three. - (let ((root (cond ((string-prefix? "/" root) root) - ((uuid root) => identity) - (else (file-system-label root))))) - (mount-root-file-system (canonicalize-device-spec root) + (let ((device-spec (cond ((string-prefix? "/" root) root) + ((uuid root) => identity) + ((string-contains root ":/") #f) ; nfs + (else (file-system-label root))))) + (mount-root-file-system (if device-spec + (canonicalize-device-spec device-spec) + root) root-fs-type #:volatile-root? volatile-root? #:flags root-fs-flags -- cgit v1.2.3