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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
| commit | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a81ca3665e6153923e40db7b0d988f8573ab59c /static/netbsd/man4/virtio_mmio.4 | |
| parent | a59214f344567c037d5776879bcfc5fcc1d4d5f6 (diff) | |
feat: Added NetBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/virtio_mmio.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/virtio_mmio.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3ba22a66 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/virtio_mmio.4 @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: virtio_mmio.4,v 1.3 2026/02/17 20:07:21 khorben Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2024 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd January 15, 2025 +.Dt VIRTIO_MMIO 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm virtio_mmio +.Nd VirtIO over memory mapped device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "pv* at pv?" +.Cd "virtio* at pv?" +.Pp +.Cd "acpi0 at mainbus0" +.Cd "virtio* at acpi?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +can be used in virtual environments without +.Xr pci 4 +support +.Pq a common situation in embedded devices models +might use simple memory mapped device +.Pq Nm +instead of the +.Xr pci 4 +device. +.Pp +The memory mapped +.Xr virtio 4 +device behavior is based on the +.Xr pci 4 +device specification. +Therefore most operations including device initialization, +queues configuration and buffer transfers are nearly identical. +.Pp +Unlike +.Xr pci 4 , +.Nm +provides no generic device discovery mechanism. +For each device, the guest OS will +need to know the location of the registers and interrupt(s) used. +.Pp +Device location can be read from either +.Xr acpi 4 +or via kernel command line parameters, implemented as a +.Xr pv 4 +virtual device. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr acpi 4 , +.Xr pv 4 , +.Xr virtio 4 +.Pp +.Rs +.%T Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) Version 1.2 +.%U https://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.2/virtio-v1.2.html +.Re |
