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author | Mike Belopuhov <mikeb@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2016-11-03 13:26:52 +0000 |
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committer | Mike Belopuhov <mikeb@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2016-11-03 13:26:52 +0000 |
commit | 56ef583739e34156325d29db68d385fa93b01e7b (patch) | |
tree | 37ec9ac4612a8fd8fd29beccc8479511fd67f105 /share/man | |
parent | ea027837bfe7eea4a5953ebbc86e1688cc720a9c (diff) |
Document the KVP interface
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/hyperv.4 | 29 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/hyperv.4 b/share/man/man4/hyperv.4 index 3052fb737f9..d961fb8e2d6 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/hyperv.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/hyperv.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: hyperv.4,v 1.3 2016/09/15 18:27:27 mikeb Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: hyperv.4,v 1.4 2016/11/03 13:26:51 mikeb Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2016 Mike Belopuhov .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 15 2016 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 3 2016 $ .Dt HYPERV 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -28,10 +28,33 @@ driver performs Synthetic Interrupt Controller initialization, sets up hypercalls, and provides access to VMBus services required by paravirtualized devices such as disk and network interfaces. +.Pp +An access is also provided to the Key-Value Pair exchange interface +via +.Xr pvbus 4 . +All keys are associated to one of several key pools: +.Em Auto , +.Em Guest , +.Em External +or +.Em Guest/Parameters . +It's possible to modify values of keys in the +.Em Auto +pool as well as +set new keys in the +.Em Guest +pool with +.Xr hostctl 8 . +The Host provides its read-only keys in +.Em External +and +.Em Guest/Parameters +pools. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr autoconf 4 , .Xr intro 4 , -.Xr pvbus 4 +.Xr pvbus 4 , +.Xr hostctl 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm |