$OpenBSD: vmmci.4,v 1.2 2017/01/13 16:02:27 jmc Exp $

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.Dd $Mdocdate: January 13 2017 $ .Dt VMMCI 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm vmmci .Nd VMM control interface .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "vmmci* at virtio?" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides a control interface for virtual machines running inside .Ox .Xr vmm 4 (virtual machine monitor) hosts.

p The driver handles shutdown and reboot requests from the .Xr vmm 4 host by signalling .Xr init 8 with .Dv SIGUSR2 and .Dv SIGINT respectively. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pvbus 4 , .Xr vmm 4 , .Xr init 8 , .Xr vmd 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm driver first appeared in .Ox 6.1 . .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm driver was written by .An Reyk Floeter Aq Mt reyk@openbsd.org .