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| 25.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/virtio.4 230450 2012-01-22 10:16:24Z brueffer $ | 25.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/virtio.4 233648 2012-03-29 05:02:12Z eadler $ |
| 26.\" 27.Dd January 22, 2012 28.Dt VIRTIO 4 29.Os 30.Sh NAME | 26.\" 27.Dd January 22, 2012 28.Dt VIRTIO 4 29.Os 30.Sh NAME |
| 31.Nm virtio | 31.Nm virtio |
| 32.Nd VirtIO Device Support 33.Sh SYNOPSIS 34To compile VirtIO device support into the kernel, place the following lines 35in your kernel configuration file: 36.Bd -ragged -offset indent 37.Cd "device virtio" 38.Cd "device virtio_pci" 39.Ed --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 54VirtIO defines an interface for efficient I/O between the hypervisor and VM. 55The 56.Xr virtio 4 57module provides a shared memory transport called a virtqueue. 58The 59.Xr virtio_pci 4 60device driver represents an emulated PCI device that the hypervisor makes 61available to the VM. | 32.Nd VirtIO Device Support 33.Sh SYNOPSIS 34To compile VirtIO device support into the kernel, place the following lines 35in your kernel configuration file: 36.Bd -ragged -offset indent 37.Cd "device virtio" 38.Cd "device virtio_pci" 39.Ed --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 54VirtIO defines an interface for efficient I/O between the hypervisor and VM. 55The 56.Xr virtio 4 57module provides a shared memory transport called a virtqueue. 58The 59.Xr virtio_pci 4 60device driver represents an emulated PCI device that the hypervisor makes 61available to the VM. |
| 62This device provides the probing, configuration, and | 62This device provides the probing, configuration, and |
| 63interrupt notifications needed to interact with the hypervisor. 64.Fx 65supports the following VirtIO devices: 66.Bl -hang -offset indent -width xxxxxxxx 67.It Nm Ethernet 68An emulated Ethernet device is provided by the 69.Xr vtnet 4 70device driver. --- 22 unchanged lines hidden --- | 63interrupt notifications needed to interact with the hypervisor. 64.Fx 65supports the following VirtIO devices: 66.Bl -hang -offset indent -width xxxxxxxx 67.It Nm Ethernet 68An emulated Ethernet device is provided by the 69.Xr vtnet 4 70device driver. --- 22 unchanged lines hidden --- |