nixpkgs/test/boot-stage-1.nix
Eelco Dolstra 49f8402876 * Boot into a fully functional stage 2.
* Stage 2 init: handle non-read-only roots.

svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=7014
2006-11-13 11:41:27 +00:00

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# 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).
{ genericSubstituter, shell, 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"
}:
assert !autoDetectRootDevice -> rootDevice != "";
assert autoDetectRootDevice -> rootLabel != "";
genericSubstituter {
src = ./boot-stage-1-init.sh;
isExecutable = true;
inherit shell modules;
inherit autoDetectRootDevice rootDevice rootLabel;
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
}