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VIOIF(4)                     Device Drivers 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 11.99                   November 26, 2011                  NetBSD 11.99