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author | grehan <grehan@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-11-18 05:43:43 +0000 |
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committer | grehan <grehan@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-11-18 05:43:43 +0000 |
commit | 1a42b19ed0cb934631927da4b71fde34c8afdb34 (patch) | |
tree | 4d3e53fb89135e392dab5a548569b236b9ba213e /share | |
parent | 7b8778fe5a226bee40cd88fc68926e898e9bd8f7 (diff) | |
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Import virtio base, PCI front-end, and net/block/balloon drivers.
Tested on Qemu/KVM, VirtualBox, and BHyVe.
Currently built as modules-only on i386/amd64. Man pages not yet hooked
up, pending review.
Submitted by: Bryan Venteicher bryanv at daemoninthecloset dot org
Reviewed by: bz
MFC after: 4 weeks or so
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/virtio.4 | 91 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 | 64 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 | 70 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/vtnet.4 | 98 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/virtio.4 b/share/man/man4/virtio.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7787051 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/virtio.4 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Bryan Venteicher +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" 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 AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 4, 2011 +.Dt VIRTIO 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm virtio +.Nd VirtIO Device Support +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile VirtIO device support into the kernel, place the following lines +in your kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device virtio" +.Cd "device virtio_pci" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load VirtIO support as modules at boot time, place the +following lines in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +virtio_load="YES" +virtio_pci_load="YES" +.Ed +.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. +.Pp +VirtIO defines an interface for efficient I/O between the hypervisor and VM. +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. +.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 +device driver. +.It Nm Block +An emulated disk controller is provided by the +.Xr virtio_blk 4 +device driver. +.It Nm Balloon +A pseudo-device to allow the VM to release memory back to the hypervisor is +provided by the +.Xr virtio_balloon 4 +device driver. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr if_vtnet 4 , +.Xr virtio_blk 4 , +.Xr virtio_balloon 4 +.Sh HISTORY +Support for VirtIO first appeared in +.Fx 9.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.Fx +support for VirtIO was first added by +.An Bryan Venteicher Aq bryanv@daemoninthecloset.org . diff --git a/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 b/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4053f78 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Bryan Venteicher +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" 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 AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 4, 2011 +.Dt VIRTIO_BALLOON 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm virtio_balloon +.Nd VirtIO Memory Balloon driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device virtio_balloon" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +virtio_balloon_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +device driver provides support for VirtIO memory balloon devices. +.Pp +The memory balloon allows the guest to, at the request of the +hypervisor, return memory allocated to the hypervisor so it can +be made available to other guests. The hypervisor can later +signal the balloon to return the memory. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr virtio 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Bryan Venteicher Aq bryanv@daemoninthecloset.org . +It first appeared in +.Fx 9.0 . diff --git a/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 b/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4250141 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Bryan Venteicher +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" 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 AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 4, 2011 +.Dt VIRTIO_BLK 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm virtio_blk +.Nd VirtIO Block driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device virtio_blk" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +virtio_blk_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +device driver provides support for VirtIO block devices. +.Pp +.Sh LOADER TUNABLES +Tunables can be set at the +.Xr loader 8 +prompt before booting the kernel or stored in +.Xr loader.conf 5 . +.Bl -tag -width "xxxxxx" +.It Va hw.vtblk.no_ident +This tunable disables retrieving the device identification string +from the hypervisor. The default value is 0. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr virtio 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Bryan Venteicher Aq bryanv@daemoninthecloset.org . +It first appeared in +.Fx 9.0 . diff --git a/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 b/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..900d12d --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Bryan Venteicher +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" 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 AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 4, 2011 +.Dt VTNET 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm vtnet +.Nd VirtIO Ethernet driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device if_vtnet" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +if_vtnet_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +device driver provides support for VirtIO Ethernet devices. +.Pp +If the hypervisor advertises the appreciate features, the +.Nm +driver supports TCP/UDP checksum offload for both transmit and receive, +TCP segmentation offload (TSO), TCP large receive offload (LRO), and +hardware VLAN tag stripping/insertion features, as well as a multicast +hash filter, as well as Jumbo Frames (up to 9216 bytes), which can be +configured via the interface MTU setting. +Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the +.Xr ifconfig 8 +utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames. +.Pp +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.El +.Sh LOADER TUNABLES +Tunables can be set at the +.Xr loader 8 +prompt before booting the kernel or stored in +.Xr loader.conf 5 . +.Bl -tag -width "xxxxxx" +.It Va hw.vtnet.csum_disable +This tunable disables receive and send checksum offload. The default +value is 0. +.It Va hw.vtnet.tso_disable +This tunable disables TSO. The default value is 0. +.It Va hw.vtnet.lro_disable +This tunable disables LRO. The default value is 0. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ng_ether 4 , +.Xr vlan 4 , +.Xr virtio 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Bryan Venteicher Aq bryanv@daemoninthecloset.org . +It first appeared in +.Fx 9.0 . +.Sh CAVEATS +The +.Nm +driver only supports LRO when the hypervisor advertises the +mergeable buffer feature. |