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.\"     $OpenBSD: viocon.4,v 1.1 2015/12/21 22:15:53 sf Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2015 Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>
.\"
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.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 .