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| author | Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> | 2019-06-13 19:17:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2019-06-15 18:37:54 +0200 |
| commit | f5be51040c5535f9aefefb6c6a582279b5c44e16 (patch) | |
| tree | 83f9cd93d273a41c1b7c0164b0ad8282b102ef1b /doc | |
| parent | 494a8cd03af6607bde7c7c369cbdcc1e1aa2ccc2 (diff) | |
services: Add usb-modeswitch-service-type.
* gnu/services/networking.scm (usb-modeswitch-service-type): New variable.
(usb-modeswitch-configuration): New variable.
(usb-modeswitch-sh): New procedure.
(usb-modeswitch-configuration->udev-rules): New procedure.
* doc/guix.texi (Networking Services): Document it.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 35 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 052be47bdb..bd535f82db 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -12668,6 +12668,41 @@ The ModemManager package to use. @end table @end deftp +@cindex USB_ModeSwitch +@cindex Modeswitching + +@defvr {Scheme Variable} usb-modeswitch-service-type +This is the service type for the +@uref{http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/, USB_ModeSwitch} service. The +value for this service type is a @code{usb-modeswitch-configuration} record. + +When plugged in, some USB modems (and other USB devices) initially present +themselves as a read-only storage medium and not as a modem. They need to be +@dfn{modeswitched} before they are usable. The USB_ModeSwitch service type +installs udev rules to automatically modeswitch these devices when they are +plugged in. +@end defvr + +@deftp {Data Type} usb-modeswitch-configuration +Data type representing the configuration of USB_ModeSwitch. + +@table @asis +@item @code{usb-modeswitch} (default: @code{usb-modeswitch}) +The USB_ModeSwitch package providing the binaries for modeswitching. + +@item @code{usb-modeswitch-data} (default: @code{usb-modeswitch-data}) +The package providing the device data and udev rules file used by +USB_ModeSwitch. + +@item @code{config-file} (default: @code{#~(string-append #$usb-modeswitch:dispatcher "/etc/usb_modeswitch.conf")}) +Which config file to use for the USB_ModeSwitch dispatcher. By default the +config file shipped with USB_ModeSwitch is used which disables logging to +@file{/var/log} among other default settings. If set to @code{#f}, no config +file is used. + +@end table +@end deftp + @cindex NetworkManager @defvr {Scheme Variable} network-manager-service-type |