svn commit: r242413 - stable/9/share/man/man4
Sean Bruno
sbruno at FreeBSD.org
Wed Oct 31 21:21:08 UTC 2012
Author: sbruno
Date: Wed Oct 31 21:21:08 2012
New Revision: 242413
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/242413
Log:
man4 MFC r227652 and r230450
man pages were missed in the MFC of virtio(4) to stable/9
r233648 needs to be applied as well as r241470
Added:
stable/9/share/man/man4/virtio.4
- copied, changed from r227652, head/share/man/man4/virtio.4
stable/9/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4
- copied, changed from r227652, head/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4
stable/9/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4
- copied, changed from r227652, head/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4
stable/9/share/man/man4/vtnet.4
- copied, changed from r227652, head/share/man/man4/vtnet.4
Modified:
Directory Properties:
stable/9/share/man/man4/ (props changed)
Copied and modified: stable/9/share/man/man4/virtio.4 (from r227652, head/share/man/man4/virtio.4)
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/virtio.4 Fri Nov 18 05:43:43 2011 (r227652, copy source)
+++ stable/9/share/man/man4/virtio.4 Wed Oct 31 21:21:08 2012 (r242413)
@@ -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 .
Copied and modified: stable/9/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 (from r227652, head/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4)
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 Fri Nov 18 05:43:43 2011 (r227652, copy source)
+++ stable/9/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 Wed Oct 31 21:21:08 2012 (r242413)
@@ -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 VirtI
.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
Copied and modified: stable/9/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 (from r227652, head/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4)
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 Fri Nov 18 05:43:43 2011 (r227652, copy source)
+++ stable/9/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 Wed Oct 31 21:21:08 2012 (r242413)
@@ -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 stor
.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
Copied and modified: stable/9/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 (from r227652, head/share/man/man4/vtnet.4)
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 Fri Nov 18 05:43:43 2011 (r227652, copy source)
+++ stable/9/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 Wed Oct 31 21:21:08 2012 (r242413)
@@ -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 receiv
.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 stor
.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
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