On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 11:53:51AM +0100, Mathieu Othacehe wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Here's a small patchset to improve the creation of disk-images on non-Intel
> systems. Currently, when selecting "arm32-raw" or "arm64-raw" image types,
> "guix system" will try to cross-compile to the relevant architectures,
> regardless of the current system architecture.
> 
> This adds a "system" field to the image definition that indicates the
> appropriate system. Then, if we are already running on this system,
> "system-image" will build the image natively instead of using
> cross-compilation. The image type "raw" is also renamed to "efi-raw" which is
> more accurate.
> 
> Finally, as discussed with Danny on IRC, it could make sense to change the
> default image type depending on the current system: efi-raw on x86_64-linux
> and i686-linux, arm32-raw on armhf-linux and so on.
> 
> WDYT?

I'm not sure about i686-linux being an efi-raw type. I always assumed
they were all not EFI.

> Thanks,
> 
> Mathieu
> 
> Mathieu Othacehe (2):
>   image: Add system field.
>   image: Rename "raw" image-type to "efi-raw".
> 
>  doc/guix.texi           | 10 +++++-----
>  gnu/image.scm           |  3 +++
>  gnu/system/image.scm    | 18 ++++++++++++++----
>  guix/scripts/system.scm |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.29.2
> 
> 
> 
> 

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