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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/linux-boot.scm55
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
index cfa1ab2fcb..7d41537652 100644
--- a/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm
@@ -500,9 +500,9 @@ LINUX-MODULE-DIRECTORY, then installing KEYMAP-FILE with 'loadkeys' (if
KEYMAP-FILE is true), then setting up QEMU guest networking if
QEMU-GUEST-NETWORKING? is true, calling PRE-MOUNT, mounting the file systems
specified in MOUNTS, and finally booting into the new root if any. The initrd
-supports kernel command-line parameters 'gnu.load' and 'gnu.repl'. It also
+supports the kernel command-line options 'gnu.load' and 'gnu.repl'. It also
honors a subset of the Linux kernel command-line parameters such as
-'fsck.mode', 'resume', 'root' and 'rootdelay'.
+'fsck.mode', 'resume', 'rootdelay', rootflags and rootfstype.
Mount the root file system, specified by the 'root' command-line argument, if
any.
@@ -538,13 +538,30 @@ upon error."
;; over the ‘device’ field of the root <file-system> record.
(root-device (and=> (find-long-option "root" args)
device-string->file-system-device))
- (root-fs (or (find root-mount-point? mounts)
- ;; Fall back to fictitious defaults.
- (file-system (device (or root-device "/dev/root"))
- (mount-point "/")
- (type "ext4"))))
+ (rootfstype (find-long-option "rootfstype" args))
+ (rootflags (find-long-option "rootflags" args))
+ (root-fs* (find root-mount-point? mounts))
(fsck.mode (find-long-option "fsck.mode" args)))
+ (unless (or root-fs* (and root-device rootfstype))
+ (error "no root file system or 'root' and 'rootfstype' parameters"))
+
+ ;; If present, ‘root’ on the kernel command line takes precedence over
+ ;; the ‘device’ field of the root <file-system> record; likewise for
+ ;; the 'rootfstype' and 'rootflags' arguments.
+ (define root-fs
+ (if root-fs*
+ (file-system
+ (inherit root-fs*)
+ (device (or root-device (file-system-device root-fs*)))
+ (type (or rootfstype (file-system-type root-fs*)))
+ (options (or rootflags (file-system-options root-fs*))))
+ (file-system
+ (device root-device)
+ (mount-point "/")
+ (type rootfstype)
+ (options rootflags))))
+
(define (check? fs)
(match fsck.mode
("skip" #f)
@@ -616,18 +633,18 @@ the root file system...\n" root-delay)
(setenv "EXT2FS_NO_MTAB_OK" "1")
- (if root-device
- (mount-root-file-system (canonicalize-device-spec root-device)
- (file-system-type root-fs)
- #:volatile-root? volatile-root?
- #:flags (mount-flags->bit-mask
- (file-system-flags root-fs))
- #:options (file-system-options root-fs)
- #:check? (check? root-fs)
- #:skip-check-if-clean?
- (skip-check-if-clean? root-fs)
- #:repair (repair root-fs))
- (mount "none" "/root" "tmpfs"))
+ ;; Mount the root file system.
+ (mount-root-file-system (canonicalize-device-spec
+ (file-system-device root-fs))
+ (file-system-type root-fs)
+ #:volatile-root? volatile-root?
+ #:flags (mount-flags->bit-mask
+ (file-system-flags root-fs))
+ #:options (file-system-options root-fs)
+ #:check? (check? root-fs)
+ #:skip-check-if-clean?
+ (skip-check-if-clean? root-fs)
+ #:repair (repair root-fs))
;; Mount the specified non-root file systems.
(for-each (lambda (fs)