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authorsf <sf@openbsd.org>2013-03-16 19:12:03 +0000
committersf <sf@openbsd.org>2013-03-16 19:12:03 +0000
commita566494230c118ffb8922f159bf3e6a818689127 (patch)
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parentfix size of unicast rx filter table (diff)
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mention how to disable RingEventIndex
OK jmc@
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/vio.411
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/vio.4 b/share/man/man4/vio.4
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--- a/share/man/man4/vio.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vio.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: vio.4,v 1.7 2013/01/16 00:30:48 brad Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: vio.4,v 1.8 2013/03/16 19:12:03 sf Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>
.\"
@@ -14,20 +14,25 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 16 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 16 2013 $
.Dt VIO 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vio
.Nd VirtIO network device
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Cd "vio* at virtio?"
+.Cd "vio* at virtio? flags 0x00"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for the
.Xr virtio 4
network interface provided by bhyve, KVM, QEMU, and VirtualBox.
+.Pp
+Setting flags to 0x02 disables the RingEventIndex feature.
+This can be tried as a workaround for possible bugs in host implementations or
+.Nm
+at the cost of slightly reduced performance.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr virtio 4