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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/virtio.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/virtio.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4c81cdf4 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/virtio.4 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: virtio.4,v 1.11 2024/08/01 09:38:50 uwe Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 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 June 7, 2018 +.Dt VIRTIO 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm virtio +.Nd Para-virtualized I/O in a virtual machine +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "virtio* at fdt?" +.Cd "virtio* at pci? dev ? function ?" +.Cd "ld* at virtio?" +.Cd "viocon* at virtio?" +.Cd "vioif* at virtio?" +.Cd "viomb* at virtio?" +.Cd "viornd* at virtio?" +.Cd "vioscsi* at virtio?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +defines an interface for efficient, standard and extensible I/O between the +hypervisor and the virtual machine. +The +.Nm +device driver represents an emulated device that the hypervisor makes +available to the virtual machine. +.Pp +.Nm +driver itself provides the core infrastructure to communicate +with the hypervisor (called virtqueues) and supports the following devices: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Xr -compact +.It Xr ld 4 +A Disk device. +.It Xr viocon 4 +Console device. +.It Xr vioif 4 +An Ethernet device. +.It Xr viomb 4 +A pseudo-device to release memory back to the hypervisor. +.It Xr viornd 4 +An entropy source. +.It Xr vioscsi 4 +A SCSI adapter. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ld 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr viocon 4 , +.Xr vioif 4 , +.Xr viomb 4 , +.Xr viornd 4 , +.Xr vioscsi 4 +.Pp +.Rs +.%A Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation +.%T Virtio PCI Card Specification +.%U http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/virtio-spec/ +.Re +.Rs +.%T Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) Version 1.0 +.%U https://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.0/virtio-v1.0.html +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Nx 6.0 . |