From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 24 06:50:42 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9797B2F for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 06:50:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from torment.daemoninthecloset.org (torment.daemoninthecloset.org [94.242.209.234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 695391423 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 06:50:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sage.daemoninthecloset.org (unknown [70.114.209.60]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "sage.daemoninthecloset.org", Issuer "daemoninthecloset.org" (verified OK)) by torment.daemoninthecloset.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F06FF42C03D5; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 07:44:17 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daemoninthecloset.org X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daemoninthecloset.org Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 00:44:09 -0600 (CST) From: Bryan Venteicher To: Jos Backus Message-ID: <163375710.1401.1387867449379.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: device vtnet -> device virtio_net? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [192.168.10.20] X-Mailer: Zimbra 8.0.2_GA_5569 (ZimbraWebClient - GC31 ([unknown])/8.0.2_GA_5569) Thread-Topic: device vtnet -> device virtio_net? Thread-Index: cQncheAcVnB5CjG484j/kPblonqpUg== Cc: freebsd-current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 06:50:42 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- > Hi, > > GENERIC has > > # VirtIO support > device virtio # Generic VirtIO bus (required) > device virtio_pci # VirtIO PCI device > device vtnet # VirtIO Ethernet device > device virtio_blk # VirtIO Block device > device virtio_scsi # VirtIO SCSI device > device virtio_balloon # VirtIO Memory Balloon device > > Maybe it's just my OCD kicking in, but why is vtnet not named virtio_net? > That would be consistent with the other virtio device names. > That's what I picked 3 some years ago and it is too late to change it. I believe my thinking at the time was to match most other Ethernet drives: the module name is if_vtnet, so use vtnet in the kernel config. > Cheers, > Jos > -- > Jos Backus > jos at catnook.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >