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1 files changed, 27 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/vm.scm b/gnu/build/vm.scm
index ed84463677..8f8ca609f2 100644
--- a/gnu/build/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/vm.scm
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
linux initrd
make-disk-image?
single-file-output?
+ target-arm32?
(disk-image-size (* 100 (expt 2 20)))
(disk-image-format "qcow2")
(references-graphs '()))
@@ -91,6 +92,31 @@ access it via /dev/hda.
REFERENCES-GRAPHS can specify a list of reference-graph files as produced by
the #:references-graphs parameter of 'derivation'."
+
+ (define arch-specific-flags
+ `(;; On ARM, a machine has to be specified. Use "virt" machine to avoid
+ ;; hardware limits imposed by other machines.
+ ,@(if target-arm32? '("-M" "virt") '())
+
+ ;; Only enable kvm if we see /dev/kvm exists. This allows users without
+ ;; hardware virtualization to still use these commands. KVM support is
+ ;; still buggy on some ARM32 boards. Do not use it even if available.
+ ,@(if (and (file-exists? "/dev/kvm")
+ (not target-arm32?))
+ '("-enable-kvm")
+ '())
+ "-append"
+ ;; The serial port name differs between emulated architectures/machines.
+ ,@(if target-arm32?
+ `(,(string-append "console=ttyAMA0 --load=" builder))
+ `(,(string-append "console=ttyS0 --load=" builder)))
+ ;; NIC is not supported on ARM "virt" machine, so use a user mode
+ ;; network stack instead.
+ ,@(if target-arm32?
+ '("-device" "virtio-net-pci,netdev=mynet"
+ "-netdev" "user,id=mynet")
+ '("-net" "nic,model=virtio"))))
+
(when make-disk-image?
(format #t "creating ~a image of ~,2f MiB...~%"
disk-image-format (/ disk-image-size (expt 2 20)))
@@ -113,7 +139,6 @@ the #:references-graphs parameter of 'derivation'."
(unless (zero?
(apply system* qemu "-nographic" "-no-reboot"
"-m" (number->string memory-size)
- "-net" "nic,model=virtio"
"-virtfs"
(string-append "local,id=store_dev,path="
(%store-directory)
@@ -132,12 +157,7 @@ the #:references-graphs parameter of 'derivation'."
",format=" disk-image-format
",id=myhd"))
'())
- ;; Only enable kvm if we see /dev/kvm exists.
- ;; This allows users without hardware virtualization to still
- ;; use these commands.
- (if (file-exists? "/dev/kvm")
- '("-enable-kvm")
- '()))))
+ arch-specific-flags)))
(error "qemu failed" qemu))
;; When MAKE-DISK-IMAGE? is true, the image is in OUTPUT already.