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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/linux-boot.scm20
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
index 3081a93a97..30d6570b04 100644
--- a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
;;; Code:
(define* (mount-essential-file-systems #:key (root "/"))
- "Mount /proc and /sys under ROOT."
+ "Mount /dev, /proc, and /sys under ROOT."
(define (scope dir)
(string-append root
(if (string-suffix? "/" root)
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
(mkdir (scope "proc")))
(mount "none" (scope "proc") "proc")
+ (unless (file-exists? (scope "dev"))
+ (mkdir (scope "dev")))
+ (mount "none" (scope "dev") "devtmpfs")
+
(unless (file-exists? (scope "sys"))
(mkdir (scope "sys")))
(mount "none" (scope "sys") "sysfs"))
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@
(unless (file-exists? target)
(mkdir target))
(mount dir target "" MS_MOVE)))
- '("/proc" "/sys")))
+ '("/dev" "/proc" "/sys")))
(define (linux-command-line)
"Return the Linux kernel command line as a list of strings."
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ with the given MAJOR number, starting with MINOR."
(define* (make-essential-device-nodes #:key (root "/"))
"Make essential device nodes under ROOT/dev."
- ;; The hand-made udev!
+ ;; The hand-made devtmpfs/udev!
(define (scope dir)
(string-append root
@@ -255,7 +259,8 @@ UNIONFS."
(mount "none" "/rw-root" "tmpfs")
;; We want read-write /dev nodes.
- (make-essential-device-nodes #:root "/rw-root")
+ (mkdir-p "/rw-root/dev")
+ (mount "none" "/rw-root/dev" "devtmpfs")
;; Make /root a union of the tmpfs and the actual root. Use
;; 'max_files' to set a high RLIMIT_NOFILE for the unionfs process
@@ -385,9 +390,6 @@ to it are lost."
(unless (configure-qemu-networking)
(display "network interface is DOWN\n")))
- ;; Make /dev nodes.
- (make-essential-device-nodes)
-
;; Prepare the real root file system under /root.
(unless (file-exists? "/root")
(mkdir "/root"))
@@ -405,10 +407,6 @@ to it are lost."
#:volatile-root? volatile-root?)
(mount "none" "/root" "tmpfs"))
- (unless (file-exists? "/root/dev")
- (mkdir "/root/dev")
- (make-essential-device-nodes #:root "/root"))
-
;; Mount the specified file systems.
(for-each mount-file-system
(remove root-mount-point? mounts))