From 281d80d8e547fe663aaacb3226119166dd3100f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:00:06 -0500
Subject: linux-boot: Refactor boot-system.

The --root option can now be omitted, and inferred from the root file system
declaration instead.

* gnu/build/file-systems.scm (canonicalize-device-spec): Extend to support NFS
directly, and...
* gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (boot-system): ...remove NFS special casing from
here.  Remove nested definitions for root-fs-type, root-fs-flags and
root-fs-options, and bind those inside the let* instead.  Make "--root" take
precedence over the device field string representation of the root file
system.
* doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Document that "--root" can be left
unspecified.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index eef5b703fe..4e02993771 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -26534,9 +26534,10 @@ service activation programs and then spawns the GNU@tie{}Shepherd, the
 initialization system.
 
 @item --root=@var{root}
-Mount @var{root} as the root file system.  @var{root} can be a
-device name like @code{/dev/sda1}, a file system label, or a file system
-UUID.
+Mount @var{root} as the root file system.  @var{root} can be a device
+name like @code{/dev/sda1}, a file system label, or a file system UUID.
+When unspecified, the device name from the root file system of the
+operating system declaration is used.
 
 @item --system=@var{system}
 Have @file{/run/booted-system} and @file{/run/current-system} point to
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