linux-boot: Mount /dev as a devtmpfs from the start.

Suggested by Petter <petter@mykolab.ch>
and Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.
Reported by Duncan Keall <duncan@duncankeall.com>.

Partly fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/19190> by populating /dev/mapper
early enough.

* gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (mount-essential-file-systems): Mount /dev as
  a devtmpfs.
  (move-essential-file-systems): Add /dev.
  (mount-root-file-system): Mount /rw-root/dev as a devtmpfs instead of
  calling 'make-essential-device-nodes'.
  (boot-system): Remove call to 'make-essential-device-nodes'.
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%devtmpfs-file-system): Remove.
* doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Adjust accordingly.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index cfe83909da..3ca4cefa63 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -5295,16 +5295,11 @@ variables.
 
 @defvr {Scheme Variable} %base-file-systems
 These are essential file systems that are required on normal systems,
-such as @var{%devtmpfs-file-system} and @var{%immutable-store} (see
+such as @var{%pseudo-terminal-file-system} and @var{%immutable-store} (see
 below.)  Operating system declarations should always contain at least
 these.
 @end defvr
 
-@defvr {Scheme Variable} %devtmpfs-file-system
-The @code{devtmpfs} file system to be mounted on @file{/dev}.  This is a
-requirement for udev (@pxref{Base Services, @code{udev-service}}).
-@end defvr
-
 @defvr {Scheme Variable} %pseudo-terminal-file-system
 This is the file system to be mounted as @file{/dev/pts}.  It supports
 @dfn{pseudo-terminals} created @i{via} @code{openpty} and similar