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authorbrueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2012-01-22 10:16:24 +0000
committerbrueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2012-01-22 10:16:24 +0000
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 4, 2011
+.Dd January 22, 2012
.Dt VIRTIO 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -48,24 +48,25 @@ virtio_pci_load="YES"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
VirtIO is a specification for para-virtualized I/O in a virtual machine (VM).
Traditionally, the hypervisor emulated real devices such as an Ethernet
-interface or disk controller to provide the VM with I/O. This emulation is
-often inefficient.
+interface or disk controller to provide the VM with I/O.
+This emulation is often inefficient.
.Pp
VirtIO defines an interface for efficient I/O between the hypervisor and VM.
-The
-.Xr virtio 4
+The
+.Xr virtio 4
module provides a shared memory transport called a virtqueue.
The
.Xr virtio_pci 4
device driver represents an emulated PCI device that the hypervisor makes
-available to the VM. This device provides the probing, configuration, and
-interrupt notifications need to interact with the hypervisor.
+available to the VM.
+This device provides the probing, configuration, and
+interrupt notifications needed to interact with the hypervisor.
.Fx
supports the following VirtIO devices:
.Bl -hang -offset indent -width xxxxxxxx
.It Nm Ethernet
An emulated Ethernet device is provided by the
-.Xr if_vtnet 4
+.Xr vtnet 4
device driver.
.It Nm Block
An emulated disk controller is provided by the
@@ -78,9 +79,9 @@ provided by the
device driver.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr if_vtnet 4 ,
+.Xr virtio_balloon 4 ,
.Xr virtio_blk 4 ,
-.Xr virtio_balloon 4
+.Xr vtnet 4
.Sh HISTORY
Support for VirtIO first appeared in
.Fx 9.0 .
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