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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/linux-initrd.scm9
-rw-r--r--guix/build/linux-initrd.scm32
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux-initrd.scm b/gnu/packages/linux-initrd.scm
index 17f42652e8..4a4e437635 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux-initrd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux-initrd.scm
@@ -270,10 +270,8 @@ the Linux kernel.")
(unless (configure-qemu-networking)
(display "network interface is DOWN\n"))
- ;; Make the device nodes for QEMU's hard disk and partitions.
- (mknod "/dev/vda" 'block-special #o644 (device-number 8 0))
- (mknod "/dev/vda1" 'block-special #o644 (device-number 8 1))
- (mknod "/dev/vda2" 'block-special #o644 (device-number 8 2))
+ ;; Make /dev nodes.
+ (make-essential-device-nodes)
;; Prepare the real root file system under /root.
(unless (file-exists? "/root")
@@ -287,8 +285,7 @@ the Linux kernel.")
(mkdir-p "/root/nix/store")
(mkdir "/root/dev")
- (mknod "/root/dev/null" 'char-special #o666 (device-number 1 3))
- (mknod "/root/dev/zero" 'char-special #o666 (device-number 1 5))
+ (make-essential-device-nodes #:root "/root/dev")
;; Mount the host's store and exchange directory.
(mount-qemu-smb-share "/store" "/root/nix/store")
diff --git a/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm b/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm
index 81f9e46cfb..208ad711ef 100644
--- a/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm
+++ b/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#:use-module (system foreign)
#:export (mount-essential-file-systems
linux-command-line
+ make-essential-device-nodes
configure-qemu-networking
mount-qemu-smb-share
bind-mount
@@ -59,6 +60,37 @@
(call-with-input-file "/proc/cmdline"
get-string-all)))
+(define* (make-essential-device-nodes #:key (root "/"))
+ "Make essential device nodes under ROOT/dev."
+ ;; The hand-made udev!
+
+ (define (scope dir)
+ (string-append root
+ (if (string-suffix? "/" root)
+ ""
+ "/")
+ dir))
+
+ (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))
+
+ ;; TTYs.
+ (let loop ((n 0))
+ (and (< n 50)
+ (let ((name (format #f "dev/tty~a" n)))
+ (mknod (scope name) 'block-special #o644
+ (device-number 4 n))
+ (loop (+ 1 n)))))
+
+ ;; Other useful nodes.
+ (mknod (scope "dev/null") 'char-special #o666 (device-number 1 3))
+ (mknod (scope "dev/zero") 'char-special #o666 (device-number 1 5)))
+
(define %host-qemu-ipv4-address
(inet-pton AF_INET "10.0.2.10"))