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06/23: system: Add 'hurd' field to <operating-system>.
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06/23: system: Add 'hurd' field to <operating-system>. |
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Thu, 4 Jun 2020 07:52:11 -0400 (EDT) |
janneke pushed a commit to branch wip-hurd-vm
in repository guix.
commit 73860a869169bfb737944356db49d01c9bdeb011
Author: Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
AuthorDate: Sun May 3 15:09:15 2020 +0200
system: Add 'hurd' field to <operating-system>.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[hurd]: New field.
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document 'hurd'.
---
doc/guix.texi | 13 ++++++++++---
gnu/system.scm | 3 +++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 056bf01..4776eac 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -11484,9 +11484,16 @@ configuration (@pxref{Using the Configuration System}).
@table @asis
@item @code{kernel} (default: @code{linux-libre})
-The package object of the operating system kernel to use@footnote{Currently
-only the Linux-libre kernel is supported. In the future, it will be
-possible to use the GNU@tie{}Hurd.}.
+The package object of the operating system kernel to
+use@footnote{Currently only the Linux-libre kernel is fully supported.
+Using GNU@tie{}mach in combination with a @code{hurd} is experimental
+and only available when building a vm-image.}.
+
+@cindex hurd
+@item @code{hurd} (default: @code{#f})
+The hurd to be started by the kernel. This is required to build an
+experimental vm-image for the Hurd and requires using @code{kernel}
+GNU@tie{}mach as well as other specific operating system overrides.
@item @code{kernel-loadable-modules} (default: '())
A list of objects (usually packages) to collect loadable kernel modules
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index 213452a..43dd2ec 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
operating-system-packages
operating-system-host-name
operating-system-hosts-file
+ operating-system-hurd
operating-system-kernel
operating-system-kernel-file
operating-system-kernel-arguments
@@ -187,6 +188,8 @@
(default '())) ; list of packages
(kernel-arguments operating-system-user-kernel-arguments
(default %default-kernel-arguments)) ; list of
gexps/strings
+ (hurd operating-system-hurd
+ (default #f)) ; package
(bootloader operating-system-bootloader) ; <bootloader-configuration>
(label operating-system-label ; string
(thunked)
- branch wip-hurd-vm created (now 0db9e5f), guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 03/23: linux-boot: Update 'make-hurd-device-nodes'., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 11/23: system: examples: Add bare-hurd.tmpl., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 12/23: services: hurd: Add `hurd-etc-service'., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 07/23: bootloader: Extend `<menu-entry>' for multiboot., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 14/23: gnu: hurd: Create minimal "runsystem" script to invoke "rc"., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 01/23: gnu: hurd: Update to upstream Hurd-reserved xattr index., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 06/23: system: Add 'hurd' field to <operating-system>.,
guix-commits <=
- 16/23: services: Add `hurd-console-service-type'., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 22/23: system: hurd: Remove 'cross-hurd-image' hack., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 10/23: system: Use 'hurd' package in label., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 04/23: image: Add Hurd support., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 05/23: system: hurd: Add hurd-default-essential-services., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 02/23: syscalls: set-thread-name, thread-name: Stub for the Hurd., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 09/23: bootloader: grub: Add support for multiboot., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 08/23: system: Add 'multiboot-modules' field to <boot-parameters>., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 13/23: system: Add `hurd-activation'., guix-commits, 2020/06/04
- 19/23: hurd-boot: Further cleanup of "rc"., guix-commits, 2020/06/04