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bug#51573: [PATCH] gnu: virtualization: Add qemu-guest-agent service.
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#51573: [PATCH] gnu: virtualization: Add qemu-guest-agent service. |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 23:41:29 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Timotej Lazar <timotej.lazar@araneo.si> skribis:
> * gnu/services/virtualization.scm (<qemu-guest-agent-configuration>): New
> record.
> (qemu-guest-agent-shepherd-service): New procedure.
> (qemu-guest-agent-service-type): New variable.
> * doc/guix.texi (Virtualization Services): Document it.
Nice. Do you think we could have a simple test under (gnu tests
virtualization) for this?
Applied with the cosmetic changes below.
Thanks!
Ludo’.
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index c0dfb2e5e2..7e54b5f75e 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -30060,14 +30060,14 @@ Return the name of @var{platform}---a string such as
@code{"arm"}.
@end deffn
-@subsubheading QEMU guest agent
+@subsubheading QEMU Guest Agent
@cindex emulation
The QEMU guest agent provides control over the emulated system to the
host. The @code{qemu-guest-agent} service runs the agent on Guix
guests. To control the agent from the host, open a socket by invoking
-@code{qemu} with the following arguments:
+QEMU with the following arguments:
@example
qemu-system-x86_64 \
@@ -30098,11 +30098,11 @@ Configuration for the @code{qemu-guest-agent} service.
@table @asis
@item @code{qemu} (default: @code{qemu-minimal})
-The qemu package to use.
+The QEMU package to use.
@item @code{device} (default: @code{""})
-Path to device or socket the agent uses to communicate with the host.
-If empty, QEMU uses a default path.
+File name of the device or socket the agent uses to communicate with the
+host. If empty, QEMU uses a default file name.
@end table
@end deftp