Re: Set GuixSD on Reiser4.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Hi Dmitry,

> Hi. I recently wrote package definition for Linux with Reiser4 patch.

Please do not post recipes for building the non-free Linux on the Guix
project’s communication channels.

The Reiser patches probably apply just as well to the Linux libre
sources.

> Can I install GuixSD on Reiser4 with it? Will it work? Does GRUB or EFI
> loader in GuixSD repository supports Reiser4? Is mentioning reiser4 in
> config.scm enought?

That’s likely not enough.  You may also need to tell the initrd to
include the required modules.  This can be done by adding a field like
this to your configuration:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(define %linux-modules
  '("name-of-the-module.ko"
    …))

(operating-system
  …
  (initrd (lambda (fs . args)
            (apply base-initrd fs
                   #:extra-modules %linux-modules
                   args)))
                   …)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I’m not sure if this alone would be sufficient, though.  I’m not very
familiar with this.

--
Ricardo

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