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| author | David Craven <david@craven.ch> | 2016-07-03 20:25:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-07-05 11:10:01 +0200 |
| commit | b58cbf9ac507f58ef3031305ce8c13ea889de2d2 (patch) | |
| tree | 2ed944935d405958497202e8828b2ca61af838b1 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | cf91cfc0c47bbe3c026e098729522feec6631311 (diff) | |
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services: Add rngd-service.
* gnu/services/base.scm (<rngd-configuration>): New record type.
(rngd-service-type): New variable.
(rngd-service): New procedure.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document it.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 62c0d34805..c9d9bd8977 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7494,6 +7494,13 @@ created by @command{guix archive --generate-key} (@pxref{Invoking guix archive}). If that is not the case, the service will fail to start. @end deffn +@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 @node Scheduled Job Execution @subsubsection Scheduled Job Execution |