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VIOIF(4)                NetBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual               VIOIF(4)


NAME

     vioif -- VirtIO NIC driver


SYNOPSIS

     virtio* at pci? dev ? function ?
     vioif*  at virtio?


DESCRIPTION

     virtio(4) defines an interface for efficient, standard, and extensible
     I/O between the hypervisor and the virtual machine.  The vioif driver
     supports virtio-compliant virtual network interface cards.


SEE ALSO

     netintro(4), virtio(4), ifconfig(8)

     Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation, Virtio PCI Card Specification,
     http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/virtio-spec/.


HISTORY

     The vioif device driver appeared in NetBSD 6.0.


BUGS

     No offloading support.

NetBSD 8.0                     November 26, 2011                    NetBSD 8.0