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-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/virtio.4 | 21 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/vtnet.4 | 15 |
4 files changed, 25 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/virtio.4 b/share/man/man4/virtio.4 index 7787051..030f0aa 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/virtio.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/virtio.4 @@ -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 . diff --git a/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 b/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 index 4053f78..96e8c73 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 4, 2011 +.Dd January 22, 2012 .Dt VIRTIO_BALLOON 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ 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. +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 diff --git a/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 b/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 index 4250141..7be4425 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 4, 2011 +.Dd January 22, 2012 .Dt VIRTIO_BLK 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ virtio_blk_load="YES" The .Nm device driver provides support for VirtIO block devices. -.Pp .Sh LOADER TUNABLES Tunables can be set at the .Xr loader 8 @@ -57,7 +56,8 @@ prompt before booting the kernel or stored in .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. +from the hypervisor. +The default value is 0. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr virtio 4 diff --git a/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 b/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 index 900d12d..febb0ac 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 4, 2011 +.Dd January 22, 2012 .Dt VTNET 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ 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 @@ -70,19 +69,21 @@ 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. +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. +This tunable disables TSO. +The default value is 0. .It Va hw.vtnet.lro_disable -This tunable disables LRO. The default value is 0. +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 vlan 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Sh HISTORY The |