add a nix.conf option to set a download speed limit

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index d7f351166..ca8fc6d5f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -746,6 +746,13 @@ public:
               /nix/store/xfghy8ixrhz3kyy6p724iv3cxji088dx-bash-4.4-p23`.
         )"};
 
+    Setting<unsigned int> downloadSpeed {
+        this, 0, "download-speed",
+        R"(
+          Specify the maxium transfer rate in kilobytes per second you want
+          nix to use for download.
+        )"};
+
     Setting<std::string> netrcFile{
         this, fmt("%s/%s", nixConfDir, "netrc"), "netrc-file",
         R"(