Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:16:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r230450 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <201201221016.q0MAGPem034803@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: brueffer Date: Sun Jan 22 10:16:24 2012 New Revision: 230450 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/230450 Log: General cleanup. Prodded by: grehan Modified: head/share/man/man4/virtio.4 head/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 head/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 head/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/virtio.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/virtio.4 Sun Jan 22 08:06:36 2012 (r230449) +++ head/share/man/man4/virtio.4 Sun Jan 22 10:16:24 2012 (r230450) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 4, 2011 +.Dd January 22, 2012 .Dt VIRTIO 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -48,24 +48,25 @@ virtio_pci_load="YES" .Sh DESCRIPTION VirtIO is a specification for para-virtualized I/O in a virtual machine (VM). Traditionally, the hypervisor emulated real devices such as an Ethernet -interface or disk controller to provide the VM with I/O. This emulation is -often inefficient. +interface or disk controller to provide the VM with I/O. +This emulation is often inefficient. .Pp VirtIO defines an interface for efficient I/O between the hypervisor and VM. -The -.Xr virtio 4 +The +.Xr virtio 4 module provides a shared memory transport called a virtqueue. The .Xr virtio_pci 4 device driver represents an emulated PCI device that the hypervisor makes -available to the VM. This device provides the probing, configuration, and -interrupt notifications need to interact with the hypervisor. +available to the VM. +This device provides the probing, configuration, and +interrupt notifications needed to interact with the hypervisor. .Fx supports the following VirtIO devices: .Bl -hang -offset indent -width xxxxxxxx .It Nm Ethernet An emulated Ethernet device is provided by the -.Xr if_vtnet 4 +.Xr vtnet 4 device driver. .It Nm Block An emulated disk controller is provided by the @@ -78,9 +79,9 @@ provided by the device driver. .El .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr if_vtnet 4 , +.Xr virtio_balloon 4 , .Xr virtio_blk 4 , -.Xr virtio_balloon 4 +.Xr vtnet 4 .Sh HISTORY Support for VirtIO first appeared in .Fx 9.0 . Modified: head/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 Sun Jan 22 08:06:36 2012 (r230449) +++ head/share/man/man4/virtio_balloon.4 Sun Jan 22 10:16:24 2012 (r230450) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 4, 2011 +.Dd January 22, 2012 .Dt VIRTIO_BALLOON 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ device driver provides support for VirtI .Pp The memory balloon allows the guest to, at the request of the hypervisor, return memory allocated to the hypervisor so it can -be made available to other guests. The hypervisor can later -signal the balloon to return the memory. +be made available to other guests. +The hypervisor can later signal the balloon to return the memory. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr virtio 4 .Sh HISTORY Modified: head/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 Sun Jan 22 08:06:36 2012 (r230449) +++ head/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4 Sun Jan 22 10:16:24 2012 (r230450) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 4, 2011 +.Dd January 22, 2012 .Dt VIRTIO_BLK 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ virtio_blk_load="YES" The .Nm device driver provides support for VirtIO block devices. -.Pp .Sh LOADER TUNABLES Tunables can be set at the .Xr loader 8 @@ -57,7 +56,8 @@ prompt before booting the kernel or stor .Bl -tag -width "xxxxxx" .It Va hw.vtblk.no_ident This tunable disables retrieving the device identification string -from the hypervisor. The default value is 0. +from the hypervisor. +The default value is 0. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr virtio 4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 Sun Jan 22 08:06:36 2012 (r230449) +++ head/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 Sun Jan 22 10:16:24 2012 (r230450) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 4, 2011 +.Dd January 22, 2012 .Dt VTNET 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ utility configures the adapter to receiv .Pp For more information on configuring this device, see .Xr ifconfig 8 . -.El .Sh LOADER TUNABLES Tunables can be set at the .Xr loader 8 @@ -70,19 +69,21 @@ prompt before booting the kernel or stor .Xr loader.conf 5 . .Bl -tag -width "xxxxxx" .It Va hw.vtnet.csum_disable -This tunable disables receive and send checksum offload. The default -value is 0. +This tunable disables receive and send checksum offload. +The default value is 0. .It Va hw.vtnet.tso_disable -This tunable disables TSO. The default value is 0. +This tunable disables TSO. +The default value is 0. .It Va hw.vtnet.lro_disable -This tunable disables LRO. The default value is 0. +This tunable disables LRO. +The default value is 0. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr arp 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr ng_ether 4 , -.Xr vlan 4 , .Xr virtio 4 , +.Xr vlan 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Sh HISTORY The
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