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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/services/base.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/base.scm | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm index ae12c8e93d..42e232c9ac 100644 --- a/gnu/services/base.scm +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm @@ -473,8 +473,13 @@ passed to @command{guix-daemon}." (with-monad %store-monad (return (service (provision '(udev)) - (requirement '(root-file-system)) - (documentation "Populate the /dev directory.") + + ;; Udev needs /dev to be a 'devtmpfs' mount so that new device + ;; nodes can be added: see + ;; <http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter07/udev.html>. + (requirement '(root-file-system file-system-/dev)) + + (documentation "Populate the /dev directory, dynamically.") (start #~(lambda () (define udevd (string-append #$udev "/libexec/udev/udevd")) |