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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm index 99df8cd185..afbfc692d3 100644 --- a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm +++ b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm @@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ initrd code." qemu-networking? virtio? volatile-root? + (extra-modules '()) guile-modules-in-chroot?) "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 @@ -218,6 +219,11 @@ be used as a QEMU guest with para-virtualized I/O drivers. When VOLATILE-ROOT? is true, the root file system is writable but any changes to it are lost. +The initrd is automatically populated with all the kernel modules necessary +for FILE-SYSTEMS and for the given options. However, additional kernel +modules can be listed in EXTRA-MODULES. They will be added to the initrd, and +loaded at boot time in the order in which they appear. + When GUILE-MODULES-IN-CHROOT? is true, make core Guile modules available in the new root. This is necessary is the file specified as '--load' needs access to these modules (which is the case if it wants to even just print an @@ -252,7 +258,8 @@ exception and backtrace!)." '()) ,@(if volatile-root? '("fuse.ko") - '()))) + '()) + ,@extra-modules)) (define helper-packages ;; Packages to be copied on the initrd. |