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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/viomb.4 4.html b/static/netbsd/man4/viomb.4 4.html deleted file mode 100644 index ed46c66a..00000000 --- a/static/netbsd/man4/viomb.4 4.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ -<table class="head"> - <tr> - <td class="head-ltitle">VIOMB(4)</td> - <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td> - <td class="head-rtitle">VIOMB(4)</td> - </tr> -</table> -<div class="manual-text"> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">viomb</code> — <span class="Nd">VirtIO - memory ballooning driver</span></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Cd">virtio* at pci? dev ? function ?</code> - <br/> - <code class="Cd">viomb* at virtio?</code></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">virtio(4)</a> defines an interface for efficient, - standard, and extensible I/O between the hypervisor and the virtual machine. - The <code class="Nm">viomb</code> driver supports the virtio-compliant - memory ballooning device.</p> -<p class="Pp">Memory ballooning works as follows:</p> -<p class="Pp"></p> -<ol class="Bl-enum Bl-compact"> - <li>The host operator requests a guest to return some amount of memory to the - host (via e.g. Qemu monitor balloon command).</li> - <li>The hypervisor sends the request via VirtIO memory ballooning device.</li> - <li>The guest <code class="Nm">viomb</code> driver requests allocation of that - amount of physical memory from the <span class="Ux">NetBSD</span> memory - management system.</li> - <li>The <code class="Nm">viomb</code> device tells the hypervisor the guest - physical memory address of the allocated memory via VirtIO memory - ballooning device.</li> -</ol> -<p class="Pp">The sysctl node <code class="Li">hw.viomb.npages</code> shows the - requested number of memory pages to return to the hypervisor, while - <code class="Li">hw.viomb.actual</code> shows the actual number of memory - pages that are already returned to the hypervisor.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE - ALSO</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">virtio(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">sysctl(8)</a>, - <a class="Xr">x86/balloon(4)</a></p> -<p class="Pp"></p> -<p class="Pp"><cite class="Rs"><span class="RsA">Rusty Russell, IBM - Corporation</span>, <span class="RsT">Virtio PCI Card Specification</span>, - <a class="RsU" href="http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/virtio-spec/">http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/virtio-spec/</a>.</cite></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">viomb</code> device driver appeared in - <span class="Ux">NetBSD 6.0</span>.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="BUGS"><a class="permalink" href="#BUGS">BUGS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The userland interface should be same as the Xen ballooning - device.</p> -</section> -</div> -<table class="foot"> - <tr> - <td class="foot-date">August 25, 2020</td> - <td class="foot-os">NetBSD 10.1</td> - </tr> -</table> |
