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author宋文武 <iyzsong@member.fsf.org>2017-01-27 21:37:42 +0800
committer宋文武 <iyzsong@member.fsf.org>2017-02-12 14:48:34 +0800
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services: Add openvswitch-service-type.
* gnu/services/networking.scm (<openvswitch-configuration>): New record type. (openvswitch-activation, openvswitch-shepherd-service): New procedures. (openvswitch-service-type): New variable. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
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@@ -9264,6 +9264,23 @@ Boolean values @var{ipv4?} and @var{ipv6?} determine whether to use IPv4/IPv6
sockets.
@end deffn
+@deffn {Scheme Variable} openvswitch-service-type
+This is the type of the @uref{http://www.openvswitch.org, Open vSwitch}
+service, whose value should be an @code{openvswitch-configuration}
+object.
+@end deffn
+
+@deftp {Data Type} openvswitch-configuration
+Data type representing the configuration of Open vSwitch, a multilayer
+virtual switch which is designed to enable massive network automation
+through programmatic extension.
+
+@table @asis
+@item @code{package} (default: @var{openvswitch})
+Package object of the Open vSwitch.
+
+@end table
+@end deftp
@node X Window
@subsubsection X Window