Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Wed Jan 15 13:31:07 UTC 2025
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4: virtio_mmio.4
Log Message:
virtio_mmio(4): cleanups
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Index: src/share/man/man4/virtio_mmio.4
diff -u src/share/man/man4/virtio_mmio.4:1.1 src/share/man/man4/virtio_mmio.4:1.2
--- src/share/man/man4/virtio_mmio.4:1.1 Wed Jan 15 13:16:22 2025
+++ src/share/man/man4/virtio_mmio.4 Wed Jan 15 13:31:07 2025
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: virtio_mmio.4,v 1.1 2025/01/15 13:16:22 imil Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: virtio_mmio.4,v 1.2 2025/01/15 13:31:07 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2024 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd January 2024
+.Dd January 15, 2025
.Dt VIRTIO_MMIO 4
-.Os NetBSD
+.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm virtio_mmio
-.Nd VirtIO over memory mapped device.
+.Nd VirtIO over memory mapped device
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "pv* at pvbus?"
.Cd "virtio* at pv?"
@@ -50,15 +50,17 @@ device.
.Pp
The memory mapped
.Xr virtio 4
-device behaviour is based on the
+device behavior is based on the
.Xr pci 4
-device specification. Therefore most operations including device initialization,
+device specification.
+Therefore most operations including device initialization,
queues configuration and buffer transfers are nearly identical.
.Pp
Unlike
.Xr pci 4 ,
.Nm
-provides no generic device discovery mechanism. For each device, the guest OS will
+provides no generic device discovery mechanism.
+For each device, the guest OS will
need to know the location of the registers and interrupt(s) used.
.Pp
Device location can be read from either
