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author | Stefan Fritsch <sf@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2015-12-21 22:15:54 +0000 |
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committer | Stefan Fritsch <sf@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2015-12-21 22:15:54 +0000 |
commit | 4a5b9623ccbe4632ccd0f7c8f65419dd08900017 (patch) | |
tree | bdb55f5b41f934aca0d91d2acebebf6d1de94cd6 /share/man/man4/viocon.4 | |
parent | 8c5eba112685438d66036673fc3a015feb88fb92 (diff) |
add virtio-console driver
This patch adds a new driver for use of virtio-console devices as
ttys. It's still in an early state and not compiled by default, yet.
Currently it is only wired into amd64. i386 is still missing.
Discussed with uebayasi@, deraadt@
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/viocon.4')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/viocon.4 | 57 |
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/viocon.4 b/share/man/man4/viocon.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..959ec255ae9 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/viocon.4 @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: viocon.4,v 1.1 2015/12/21 22:15:53 sf Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2015 Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de> +.\" +.\" 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. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 21 2015 $ +.Dt VIOCON 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm viocon +.Nd VirtIO console device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "viocon* at virtio?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the +.Xr virtio 4 +console interface provided by KVM, QEMU, and others. +.Pp +It provides serial ports that are attached as ttys. +Use as a kernel console for +.Ox +is not yet supported. +The multiport feature is not yet supported. +.Pp +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width Pa -compact +.It Pa /dev/ttyVI00 +.It Pa /dev/ttyVI10 +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr virtio 4 , +.Xr tty 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 5.9 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Stefan Fritsch Aq Mt sf@sfritsch.de . |