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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2020-04-19 22:06:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2020-04-19 23:50:17 +0200 |
| commit | 5e7076f2a54e84894b5d8f3ef719e7a552b5bb03 (patch) | |
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services: Add 'simulated-wifi-service-type'.
* gnu/services/networking.scm (simulated-wifi-shepherd-services): New
procedure.
(simulated-wifi-service-type): New variable.
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 3e6746b59d..d2cd11576f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -13684,6 +13684,17 @@ configuration file reference. @end table @end deftp +@defvr {Scheme Variable} simulated-wifi-service-type +This is the type of a service to simulate WiFi networking, which can be +useful in virtual machines for testing purposes. The service loads the +Linux kernel +@uref{https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/mac80211_hwsim/mac80211_hwsim.html, +@code{mac80211_hwsim} module} and starts hostapd to create a pseudo WiFi +network that can be seen on @code{wlan0}, by default. + +The service's value is a @code{hostapd-configuration} record. +@end defvr + @cindex iptables @defvr {Scheme Variable} iptables-service-type This is the service type to set up an iptables configuration. iptables is a |