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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/xpci.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/xpci.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4dbc3f52 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/xpci.4 @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: xpci.4,v 1.3 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 January 8, 2011 +.Dt XPCI 4 xen +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm xpci +.Nd Xen frontend paravirtualized PCI pass-through driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "xpci* at xenbus?" +.Cd "pci* at xpci?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver is the frontend part of the PCI pass-through functionality +that can be used by +.Tn Xen +guest domains to communicate with PCI devices. +.Pp +From a guest point of view, +.Nm +is similar to a +.Xr pci 4 +bus, except that the guest talks with the PCI backend driver +instead of the real physical device directly. +.Pp +When the host domain is +.Nx , +the +.Nm +driver is backed by a +.Xr pciback 4 +driver within the dom0. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr pciback 4 , +.Xr xenbus 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Nx 5.1 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Manuel Bouyer Aq Mt bouyer@NetBSD.org . +.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS +As PCI passthrough offers the possibility for guest domains +to send arbitrary PCI commands to a physical device, this has +direct impact on the overall stability and security of the system. +For example, in case of erroneous or malicious commands, the device +could overwrite physical memory portions, via DMA. |
