Hi maitainers! here is a small patch to (guix)Invoking guix system rationale in https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2019-01/msg00272.html Thanks!
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From: Giovanni Biscuolo <address@hidden>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 19:10:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify build users must be in kvm group
To: address@hidden
* doc/guix.texi: (guix)Invoke guix system, clarify kvm users must be in
kvm group when using `guix system vm`
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doc/guix.texi | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 245a18bc7..a3a27628f 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -22942,6 +22942,19 @@ passed.
@anchor{guix system vm}
Build a virtual machine that contains the operating system declared in
@var{file}, and return a script to run that virtual machine (VM).
+To use this command, you may need to add the build users to the @code{kvm}
+group so they can access @file{/dev/kvm} (@pxref{Build Environment Setup}).
+
+On a GNU/Linux system, a build user pool groups may be changed like this
+(using Bash syntax and the @code{shadow} commands):
+
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+# for i in `seq -w 1 10`;
+ do
+ usermod -G guixbuild,kvm guixbuilder$i;
+ done
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+
Arguments given to the script are passed to QEMU as in the example
below, which enables networking and requests address@hidden of RAM for the
emulated machine:
--
q2.11.0
-- Giovanni Biscuolo Xelera IT Infrastructures
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