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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>
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Bruno Victal
2023-02-25 18:57:55 +00:00
committed by Ludovic Courtès
parent 2e7516168e
commit 31b1e22926
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@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