From 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob McDonnell Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:02:27 -0400 Subject: docs: OpenBSD Man Pages Added --- static/openbsd/man4/vic.4 | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 106 insertions(+) create mode 100644 static/openbsd/man4/vic.4 (limited to 'static/openbsd/man4/vic.4') diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/vic.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/vic.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5dd56794 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/vic.4 @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: vic.4,v 1.25 2018/01/04 20:09:56 jmc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Reyk Floeter +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 4 2018 $ +.Dt VIC 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm vic +.Nd VMware VMXnet Virtual Interface Controller device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd vic* at pci? +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the VMXnet virtual NIC available in virtual +machines by VMware. +It appears as a simple Ethernet device but is actually a virtual network +interface to the underlying host operating system. +.Pp +This driver supports the +.Ic vmxnet +driver protocol, as an alternative to the emulated +.Xr pcn 4 +and +.Xr em 4 +interfaces also available in the VMware environment. +The +.Nm vic +driver is optimized for the virtual machine, it can provide advanced +capabilities depending on the underlying host operating system and +the physical network interface controller of the host. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports VMware virtual NICs provided by the following products: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact -offset indent +.It +VMware ESX 2.0 and newer +.It +VMware GSX 2.5 and newer +.It +VMware Server 1.0 and newer +.It +VMware Workstation 4.5 and newer +.It +VMware Fusion 1.0 and newer +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media types: +.Bl -tag -width autoselect +.It autoselect +Enable autoselection of the media type and options. +The driver always uses the fastest available speed and the media +options provided by the underlying host of the virtual machine. +.El +.Pp +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following entry must be added to the VMware configuration file +to provide the +.Nm +device: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet" +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr em 4 , +.Xr ifmedia 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr pcn 4 , +.Xr vmx 4 , +.Xr hostname.if 5 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 3.9 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Reyk Floeter Aq Mt reyk@openbsd.org +and +.An David Gwynne Aq Mt dlg@openbsd.org . -- cgit v1.2.3