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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-01-31 01:43:16 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-01-31 01:43:16 +0100
commitfc4bc4b6debecf9acc7e86ecb519c03b5b598bc4 (patch)
treec70eaa5b91f85fa9d13d18684caacb4a22bfee93 /guix
parent83b9e6a1854d4fb86f0269afac33200dce996f06 (diff)
gnu: linux-initrd: Properly distinguish between /dev/sda* and /dev/vda*.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (make-essential-device-nodes): Rename devices with major = 8 to /dev/sda*. Make /dev/vda* devices. * gnu/system/vm.scm (qemu-image): Change '/dev/vda' to '/dev/sda'. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-derivation): Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'guix')
-rw-r--r--guix/build/linux-initrd.scm13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm b/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm
index 69cb58763f..b9fc9b1523 100644
--- a/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm
+++ b/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm
@@ -81,10 +81,15 @@
(unless (file-exists? (scope "dev"))
(mkdir (scope "dev")))
- ;; Make the device nodes for QEMU's hard disk and partitions.
- (mknod (scope "dev/vda") 'block-special #o644 (device-number 8 0))
- (mknod (scope "dev/vda1") 'block-special #o644 (device-number 8 1))
- (mknod (scope "dev/vda2") 'block-special #o644 (device-number 8 2))
+ ;; Make the device nodes for SCSI disks.
+ (mknod (scope "dev/sda") 'block-special #o644 (device-number 8 0))
+ (mknod (scope "dev/sda1") 'block-special #o644 (device-number 8 1))
+ (mknod (scope "dev/sda2") 'block-special #o644 (device-number 8 2))
+
+ ;; The virtio (para-virtualized) block devices, as supported by QEMU/KVM.
+ (mknod (scope "dev/vda") 'block-special #o644 (device-number 252 0))
+ (mknod (scope "dev/vda1") 'block-special #o644 (device-number 252 1))
+ (mknod (scope "dev/vda2") 'block-special #o644 (device-number 252 2))
;; TTYs.
(mknod (scope "dev/tty") 'char-special #o600