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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/xvif.4 | |
| parent | a59214f344567c037d5776879bcfc5fcc1d4d5f6 (diff) | |
feat: Added NetBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/xvif.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/xvif.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..02caf9d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/xvif.4 @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: xvif.4,v 1.6 2014/03/18 18:20:39 riastradh Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Jean-Yves Migeon <jym@NetBSD.org>. +.\" +.\" 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 April 7, 2011 +.Dt XVIF 4 xen +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm xvif +.Nd Xen backend paravirtualized network interface +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd pseudo-device xvif +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +interface forms the backend part of the paravirtualized drivers +used by +.Tn Xen +domains to offer network connectivity. +.Pp +When the guest domain is +.Nx , +the endpoint of the +.Nm +interface is a +.Xr xennet 4 +interface. +In the XenStore, +.Nm xvif +and +.Nm xennet +are identified by +.Dq vif +(virtual interface) +entries. +.Pp +All +.Nm +interfaces follow the +.Dq xvifXiY +naming convention, where +.Sq X +represents the guest domain identifier, and +.Sq Y +an arbitrary identifier; most of the time, it is the +frontend interface identifier, e.g. +.Dq xennetY . +.Pp +For convenience, the MAC address of an +.Nm +interface is chosen by incrementing the third byte of the +MAC address of the frontend device. +.Pp +Conceptually, frontends and backends drivers are +similar to two Ethernet cards connected via a crossover cable. +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "xvif%di%d: can't read %s/mac: %d" +The MAC address for this interface could not be read from XenStore. +.It "xvif%di%d: %s is not a valid mac address" +The MAC address specified in the configuration file of the newly +created guest domain is invalid. +.It "xvif%di%d: Ethernet address %s" +MAC address of the +.Nm +interface. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ifmedia 4 , +.Xr xennet 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Nx 4.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Manuel Bouyer Aq Mt bouyer@NetBSD.org . |
