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author | Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu> | 2023-02-25 18:57:55 +0000 |
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committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2023-03-03 17:55:33 +0100 |
commit | 31b1e229268683826524cb93dd2da8d46dd77343 (patch) | |
tree | d9a5cb4eac12634331626b49a0a10e59888f30ad /doc | |
parent | 2e7516168e7b27d1ad3cee60d337d2ad98fb09ff (diff) | |
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services: base: Deprecate 'rngd-service' procedure.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Replace rngd-service with rngd-service-type.
Document <rngd-configuration>.
* gnu/services/base.scm (<rngd-configuration>): Set default values from
the values in the now deprecated 'rngd-service' procedure.
(rngd-service): Deprecate procedure.
(rngd-service-type): Set default value.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 25 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f4bfb8a24f..1edbad33c6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -18919,13 +18919,24 @@ seconds for the negative lookups. @xref{Invoking guix publish, @end table @end deftp -@anchor{rngd-service} -@deffn {Scheme Procedure} rngd-service [#:rng-tools @var{rng-tools}] @ - [#:device "/dev/hwrng"] -Return a service that runs the @command{rngd} program from @var{rng-tools} -to add @var{device} to the kernel's entropy pool. The service will fail if -@var{device} does not exist. -@end deffn +@defvar rngd-service-type +Type of the service that runs rng-tools rngd, whose value is a +@code{<rngd-configuration>} object. +@end defvar + +@deftp {Data Type} rngd-configuration +Data type representing the configuration of rngd. + +@table @asis +@item @code{rng-tools} (default: @code{rng-tools}) (type: file-like) +Package object of the rng-tools rngd. + +@item @code{device} (default: @var{"/dev/hwrng"}) (type: string) +Path of the device to add to the kernel's entropy pool. The service +will fail if @var{device} does not exist. + +@end table +@end deftp @anchor{pam-limits-service} @cindex session limits |