freebsd-skq/share/man/man4/virtio_blk.4
Peter Grehan 10b59a9b4a Import virtio base, PCI front-end, and net/block/balloon drivers.
Tested on Qemu/KVM, VirtualBox, and BHyVe.

Currently built as modules-only on i386/amd64. Man pages not yet hooked
up, pending review.

Submitted by:	Bryan Venteicher  bryanv at daemoninthecloset dot org
Reviewed by:	bz
MFC after:	4 weeks or so
2011-11-18 05:43:43 +00:00

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.Dd July 4, 2011
.Dt VIRTIO_BLK 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm virtio_blk
.Nd VirtIO Block driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "device virtio_blk"
.Ed
.Pp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
virtio_blk_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
device driver provides support for VirtIO block devices.
.Pp
.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
Tunables can be set at the
.Xr loader 8
prompt before booting the kernel or stored in
.Xr loader.conf 5 .
.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.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr virtio 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Bryan Venteicher Aq bryanv@daemoninthecloset.org .
It first appeared in
.Fx 9.0 .