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19 (define-module (gnu build linux-initrd)
20 #:use-module ((guix cpio) #:prefix cpio:)
21 #:use-module (guix build utils)
22 #:use-module (guix build store-copy)
23 #:use-module (system base compile)
24 #:use-module (rnrs bytevectors)
25 #:use-module ((system foreign) #:select (sizeof))
26 #:use-module (ice-9 ftw)
27 #:export (write-cpio-archive
32 ;;; Tools to create Linux initial RAM disks ("initrds"). Initrds are
33 ;;; essentially gzipped cpio archives, with a '/init' executable that the
34 ;;; kernel runs at boot time.
38 (define* (write-cpio-archive output directory
42 "Write a cpio archive containing DIRECTORY to file OUTPUT. When
43 COMPRESS? is true, compress it using GZIP. On success, return OUTPUT."
45 ;; Note: as per `ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt', always add directory entries
46 ;; before the files that are inside of it: "The Linux kernel cpio
47 ;; extractor won't create files in a directory that doesn't exist, so the
48 ;; directory entries must go before the files that go in those
52 ;; Use 'sort' so that (1) the order of files is deterministic, and (2)
53 ;; directories appear before the files they contain.
54 (sort (file-system-fold (const #t) ;enter?
55 (lambda (file stat result) ;leaf
57 (lambda (dir stat result) ;down
58 (if (string=? dir directory)
61 (lambda (file stat result)
69 (call-with-output-file output
71 (cpio:write-cpio-archive files port
72 #:file->header cpio:file->cpio-header*)))
75 (and (zero? (system* gzip "--best" output))
76 (rename-file (string-append output ".gz")
80 (define (cache-compiled-file-name file)
81 "Return the file name of the in-cache .go file for FILE, relative to the
84 This is similar to what 'compiled-file-name' in (system base compile) does."
85 (let loop ((file file))
86 (let ((target (false-if-exception (readlink file))))
89 (format #f ".cache/guile/ccache/~a-~a-~a-~a/~a"
91 (if (eq? (native-endianness) (endianness little))
98 (define (compile-to-cache file)
99 "Compile FILE to the cache."
100 (let ((compiled-file (cache-compiled-file-name file)))
101 (mkdir-p (dirname compiled-file))
103 #:opts %auto-compilation-options
104 #:output-file compiled-file)))
106 (define* (build-initrd output
109 (references-graphs '())
111 "Write an initial RAM disk (initrd) to OUTPUT. The initrd starts the script
112 at INIT, running GUILE. It contains all the items referred to by
116 ;; Copy the closures of all the items referenced in REFERENCES-GRAPHS.
117 (populate-store references-graphs "contents")
119 (with-directory-excursion "contents"
121 (symlink init "init")
124 (compile-to-cache "init")
126 ;; Allow Guile to find out where it is (XXX). See
127 ;; 'guile-relocatable.patch'.
128 (mkdir-p "proc/self")
129 (symlink (string-append guile "/bin/guile") "proc/self/exe")
130 (readlink "proc/self/exe")
132 ;; Reset the timestamps of all the files that will make it in the initrd.
133 (for-each (lambda (file)
134 (unless (eq? 'symlink (stat:type (lstat file)))
135 (utime file 0 0 0 0)))
136 (find-files "." ".*"))
138 (write-cpio-archive output "." #:gzip gzip))
140 (delete-file-recursively "contents"))
142 ;;; linux-initrd.scm ends here