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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 46aceae068..167a0a84d6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -26985,7 +26985,7 @@ The type of an entry in the bootloader menu. @item @code{label} The label to show in the menu---e.g., @code{"GNU"}. -@item @code{linux} +@item @code{linux} (default: @code{#f}) The Linux kernel image to boot, for example: @lisp @@ -27007,9 +27007,10 @@ field is ignored entirely. The list of extra Linux kernel command-line arguments---e.g., @code{("console=ttyS0")}. -@item @code{initrd} +@item @code{initrd} (default: @code{#f}) A G-Expression or string denoting the file name of the initial RAM disk to use (@pxref{G-Expressions}). + @item @code{device} (default: @code{#f}) The device where the kernel and initrd are to be found---i.e., for GRUB, @dfn{root} for this menu entry (@pxref{root,,, grub, GNU GRUB manual}). @@ -27020,6 +27021,28 @@ the bootloader will search the device containing the file specified by the @code{linux} field (@pxref{search,,, grub, GNU GRUB manual}). It must @emph{not} be an OS device name such as @file{/dev/sda1}. +@item @code{multiboot-kernel} (default: @code{#f}) +The kernel to boot in Multiboot-mode (@pxref{multiboot,,, grub, GNU GRUB +manual}). When this field is set, a Multiboot menu-entry is generated. +For example: + +@lisp +(file-append mach "/boot/gnumach") +@end lisp + +@item @code{multiboot-arguments} (default: @code{()}) +The list of extra command-line arguments for the multiboot-kernel. + +@item @code{multiboot-modules} (default: @code{()}) +The list of commands for loading Multiboot modules. For example: + +@lisp +(list (list (file-append hurd "/hurd/ext2fs.static") "ext2fs" + @dots{}) + (list (file-append libc "/lib/ld.so.1") "exec" + @dots{})) +@end lisp + @end table @end deftp |