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diff --git a/share/man/man4/vmx.4 b/share/man/man4/vmx.4 index eab9977..0e7b7f8 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vmx.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vmx.4 @@ -110,115 +110,3 @@ The .Ox driver was written by .An Tsubai Masanari . -.\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2006,2013 Reyk Floeter <reyk@openbsd.org> -.\" -.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any -.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above -.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. -.\" -.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES -.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF -.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR -.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES -.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN -.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF -.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. -.\" -.\" $OpenBSD: src/share/man/man4/vmx.4,v 1.1 2013/05/31 20:18:44 reyk Exp $ -.\" -.\" $FreeBSD$ -.\" -.Dd August 4, 2013 -.Dt VMX 4 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm vmx -.Nd VMware VMXNET3 Virtual Interface Controller device -.Sh SYNOPSIS -To compile this driver into the kernel, -place the following line in your -kernel configuration file: -.Bd -ragged -offset indent -.Cd "device vmx" -.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_vmx_load="YES" -.Ed -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Nm -driver provides support for the VMXNET3 virtual NIC available in virtual -machines by VMware. -It appears as a simple Ethernet device but is actually a virtual network -interface to the underlying host operating system. -.Pp -This driver supports the -.Ic VMXNET3 -driver protocol, as an alternative to the emulated -.Xr pcn 4 , -.Xr em 4 -interfaces also available in the VMware environment. -The -.Nm -driver is optimized for the virtual machine, it can provide advanced -capabilities depending on the underlying host operating system and -the physical network interface controller of the host. -The -.Nm -driver supports features like multiqueue support, IPv6 -checksum offloading, MSI/MSI-X support and hardware VLAN tagging in -VMware's VLAN Guest Tagging (VGT) mode. -.Pp -The -.Nm -driver supports VMXNET3 VMware virtual NICs provided by the virtual -machine hardware version 7 or newer, as provided by the following -products: -.Pp -.Bl -bullet -compact -offset indent -.It -VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 and newer -.It -VMware Server 2.0 and newer -.It -VMware Workstation 6.5 and newer -.It -VMware Fusion 2.0 and newer -.El -.Pp -For more information on configuring this device, see -.Xr ifconfig 8 . -.Sh EXAMPLES -The following entry must be added to the VMware configuration file -to provide the -.Nm -device: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3" -.Ed -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr altq 4 , -.Xr arp 4 , -.Xr em 4 , -.Xr netintro 4 , -.Xr ng_ether 4 , -.Xr pcn 4 , -.Xr vlan 4 , -.Xr ifconfig 8 -.Sh AUTHORS -.An -nosplit -The -.Nm -driver was ported from -.Ox -by -.An Bryan Venteicher Aq bryanv@freebsd.org . -The -.Ox -driver was written by -.An Tsubai Masanari . |