Module Name: src Committed By: wiz Date: Sat Nov 26 22:36:14 UTC 2011
Modified Files: src/share/man/man4: vioif.4 viomb.4 virtio.4 Log Message: Various improvements. To generate a diff of this commit: cvs rdiff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 src/share/man/man4/vioif.4 \ src/share/man/man4/viomb.4 cvs rdiff -u -r1.3 -r1.4 src/share/man/man4/virtio.4 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files: Index: src/share/man/man4/vioif.4 diff -u src/share/man/man4/vioif.4:1.1 src/share/man/man4/vioif.4:1.2 --- src/share/man/man4/vioif.4:1.1 Sat Nov 26 15:04:45 2011 +++ src/share/man/man4/vioif.4 Sat Nov 26 22:36:14 2011 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: vioif.4,v 1.1 2011/11/26 15:04:45 minoura Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: vioif.4,v 1.2 2011/11/26 22:36:14 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (C) 2011 Minoura Makoto. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd +.Dd November 26, 2011 .Dt VIOIF 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ .Cd "virtio* at pci? dev ? function ?" .Cd "vioif* at virtio?" .Sh DESCRIPTION -VirtIO -defines an interface for efficient, standard and extensible I/O between the +.Xr virtio 4 +defines an interface for efficient, standard, and extensible I/O between the hypervisor and the virtual machine. The .Nm driver supports virtio-compliant virtual network interface cards. .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr netintro 4 , .Xr virtio 4 , -.Xr netinto 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Rs .%A Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation Index: src/share/man/man4/viomb.4 diff -u src/share/man/man4/viomb.4:1.1 src/share/man/man4/viomb.4:1.2 --- src/share/man/man4/viomb.4:1.1 Sat Nov 26 15:04:45 2011 +++ src/share/man/man4/viomb.4 Sat Nov 26 22:36:14 2011 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: viomb.4,v 1.1 2011/11/26 15:04:45 minoura Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: viomb.4,v 1.2 2011/11/26 22:36:14 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (C) 2011 Minoura Makoto. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd +.Dd November 26, 2011 .Dt VIOMB 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ .Cd "virtio* at pci? dev ? function ?" .Cd "viomb* at virtio?" .Sh DESCRIPTION -VirtIO defines an interface for efficient, standard and extensible I/O between -the hypervisor and the virtual machine. The +.Xr virtio 4 +defines an interface for efficient, standard, and extensible I/O between +the hypervisor and the virtual machine. +The .Nm driver supports the virtio-compliant memory ballooning device. .Pp @@ -60,9 +62,11 @@ device tells the hypervisor the guest ph allocated memory via VirtIO memory ballooning device. .El .Pp -The sysctl node hw.viomb.npages shows the requested number of memory pages -to return to the hypervisor, while hw.viomb.actual shows the actual -number of memory pages that is already returned to the hypervisor. +The sysctl node +.Li hw.viomb.npages +shows the requested number of memory pages to return to the hypervisor, while +.Li hw.viomb.actual +shows the actual number of memory pages that are already returned to the hypervisor. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr virtio 4 , .Xr sysctl 8 @@ -77,5 +81,5 @@ The .Nm device driver appeared in .Nx 6.0 . -.Sh BUG +.Sh BUGS The userland interface should be same as the Xen ballooning device. Index: src/share/man/man4/virtio.4 diff -u src/share/man/man4/virtio.4:1.3 src/share/man/man4/virtio.4:1.4 --- src/share/man/man4/virtio.4:1.3 Sat Nov 26 15:04:45 2011 +++ src/share/man/man4/virtio.4 Sat Nov 26 22:36:14 2011 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: virtio.4,v 1.3 2011/11/26 15:04:45 minoura Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: virtio.4,v 1.4 2011/11/26 22:36:14 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2011 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -48,18 +48,18 @@ available to the virtual machine. driver itself provides the core infrastructure to communicate with the hypervisor (called virtqueues) and supports the following devices: .Bl -tag -width xxxxx -.It Nm ld +.It Xr ld 4 A Disk device. -.It Nm vioif +.It Xr vioif 4 An Ethernet device. -.It Nm viomb +.It Xr viomb 4 A pseudo-device to release memory back to the hypervisor. .El .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr pci 4 , -.Xr viomb 4 , .Xr ld 4 , -.Xr vioif 4 +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr vioif 4 , +.Xr viomb 4 .Pp .Rs .%A Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation