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.Dd $Mdocdate: January 4 2009 $
.Dt VNET 4 sparc64
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vnet
.Nd virtual network interface
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "vnet* at cbus?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides a network interface using the services provided by the
UltraSPARC Hypervisor as found on sun4v systems.
It connects to a virtual switch (vsw) device or virtual network (vnet)
device in another logical domain using a logical domain channel
provided by the hypervisor.
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver supports version 1.0 of the vNet protocol.
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver supports the following media types:
.Bl -tag -width autoselect
.It autoselect
Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
The driver always uses the fastest available speed and the media
options provided by the underlying host of the virtual machine.
.El
.Pp
For more information on configuring this device, see
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr cbus 4 ,
.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Ox 4.5 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Mark Kettenis Aq kettenis@openbsd.org .