1.\" Copyright (c) 2014 Bryan Venteicher 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" 25.\" $FreeBSD$ 26.\" 27.Dd October 22, 2014 28.Dt VIRTIO_CONSOLE 4 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm virtio_console 32.Nd VirtIO Console driver 33.Sh SYNOPSIS 34To compile this driver into the kernel, 35place the following lines in your 36kernel configuration file: 37.Bd -ragged -offset indent 38.Cd "device virtio_console" 39.Ed 40.Pp 41Alternatively, to load the driver as a 42module at boot time, place the following line in 43.Xr loader.conf 5 : 44.Bd -literal -offset indent 45virtio_console_load="YES" 46.Ed 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48The 49.Nm 50device driver provides support for VirtIO console devices. 51.Pp 52The console device may have one or more ports. 53Each port is similar to a simple serial interface, and 54each port is accessible through 55.Xr tty 4 . 56.Sh FILES 57.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/ttyV?.??" -compact 58.It Pa /dev/ttyV?.?? 59.El 60.Sh SEE ALSO 61.Xr tty 4 , 62.Xr virtio 4 63.Sh HISTORY 64The 65.Nm 66driver was written by 67.An Bryan Venteicher Aq bryanv@FreeBSD.org . 68