nixpkgs/boot/boot-stage-1.nix

# This Nix expression builds the script that performs the first stage
# of booting the system: it loads the modules necessary to mount the
# root file system, then calls /init in the root file system to start
# the second boot stage.  The closure of the result of this expression
# is supposed to be put into an initial RAM disk (initrd).

{ substituteAll, staticShell, staticTools
, module_init_tools, extraUtils, modules

, # Whether to find root device automatically using its label.
  autoDetectRootDevice
  
, # If not scanning, the root must be specified explicitly.
  rootDevice

  # If scanning, we need a disk label.
, rootLabel

, # The path of the stage 2 init to call once we've mounted the root
  # device.
  stage2Init ? "/init"
}:

substituteAll {
  src = ./boot-stage-1-init.sh;
  isExecutable = true;
  inherit staticShell modules;
  inherit autoDetectRootDevice;
  rootDevice = if !autoDetectRootDevice then rootDevice else "";
  rootLabel = if autoDetectRootDevice then rootLabel else "";
  path = [
    staticTools
    module_init_tools
    extraUtils
  ];
  makeDevices = ./make-devices.sh;

  # We only want the path of the stage 2 init, we don't want it as a
  # dependency (since then it the stage 2 init would end up in the
  # initrd).
  stage2Init = toString stage2Init; # !!! doesn't work
}