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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" 26.Dd August 19, 2022 27.Dt BHYVE_CONFIG 5 28.Os 29.Sh NAME 30.Nm bhyve_config 31.Nd "bhyve configuration variables" 32.Sh DESCRIPTION 33.Xr bhyve 8 34uses a hierarchical tree of configuration variables to describe global and 35per-device settings. 36Internal nodes in this tree do not have a value, 37only leaf nodes have values. 38This manual describes the configuration variables understood by 39.Xr bhyve 8 . 40If additional variables are defined, 41.Xr bhyve 8 42will ignore them and will not emit errors for unknown variables. 43However, these additional variables can be referenced by other 44variables as described below. 45.Sh VARIABLE VALUES 46Configuration variable values are stored as strings. 47A configuration variable value may refer to one or more other 48configuration values by name. 49Instances of the pattern 50.Sq % Ns Pq Ar var 51are replaced by the value of the configuration variable 52.Va var . 53To avoid unwanted expansion, 54.Sq % 55characters can be escaped by a leading 56.Sq % . 57For example, 58if a configuration variable 59.Va disk 60uses the value 61.Pa /dev/zvol/bhyve/%(name) , 62then the final value of the 63.Va disk 64variable will be set to the path of a ZFS volume whose name matches 65the name of the virtual machine on the pool 66.Pa bhyve . 67.Pp 68Some configuration variables may be interpreted as a boolean value. 69For those variables the following case-insensitive values may be used to 70indicate true: 71.Pp 72.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact 73.It 74true 75.It 76on 77.It 78yes 79.It 801 81.El 82.Pp 83The following values may be used to indicate false: 84.Pp 85.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact 86.It 87false 88.It 89off 90.It 91no 92.It 930 94.El 95.Pp 96Some configuration variables may be interperted as an integer. 97For those variables, 98any syntax supported by 99.Xr strtol 3 100may be used. 101.Sh GLOBAL SETTINGS 102.Ss Architecture Neutral Settings 103.Bl -column "memory.guest_in_core" "integer" "Default" 104.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 105.It Va name Ta string Ta Ta 106The name of the VM. 107.It Va cpus Ta integer Ta 1 Ta 108The total number of virtual CPUs. 109.It Va cores Ta integer Ta 1 Ta 110The number of virtual cores in each virtual socket. 111.It Va threads Ta integer Ta 1 Ta 112The number of virtual CPUs in each virtual core. 113.It Va sockets Ta integer Ta 1 Ta 114The number of virtual sockets. 115.It Va memory.guest_in_core Ta bool Ta false Ta 116Include guest memory in core file. 117.It Va memory.size Ta string Ta 256M Ta 118Guest physical memory size in bytes. 119The value must be formatted as described in 120.Xr expand_number 3 . 121.It Va memory.wired Ta bool Ta false Ta 122Wire guest memory. 123.It Va acpi_tables Ta bool Ta false Ta 124Generate ACPI tables. 125.It Va destroy_on_poweroff Ta bool Ta false Ta 126Destroy the VM on guest-initiated power-off. 127.It Va gdb.address Ta string Ta localhost Ta 128Hostname, IP address, or IPv6 address for the debug server. 129.It Va gdb.port Ta integer Ta 0 Ta 130TCP port number for the debug server. 131If this is set to a non-zero value, a debug server 132will listen for connections on this port. 133.It Va gdb.wait Ta bool Ta false Ta 134If the debug server is enabled, wait for a debugger to connect 135before starting the guest. 136.It Va keyboard.layout Ta string Ta Ta 137Specify the keyboard layout name with the file name in 138.Ar /usr/share/bhyve/kbdlayout . 139This value only works when loaded with UEFI mode for VNC, and 140used a VNC client that don't support QEMU Extended Key Event 141Message (e.g. TightVNC). 142.It Va tpm.path Ta string Ta Ta 143Path to the host TPM device. 144This is typically /dev/tpm0. 145.It Va tpm.type Ta string Ta Ta 146Type of the TPM device passed to the guest. 147Currently, only "passthru" is supported. 148.It Va tpm.version Ta string Ta 2.0 Ta 149Version of the TPM device according to the TCG specification. 150Currently, only version 2.0 is supported. 151.It Va rtc.use_localtime Ta bool Ta true Ta 152The real time clock uses the local time of the host. 153If this is set to false, the real time clock uses UTC. 154.It Va uuid Ta string Ta Ta 155The universally unique identifier (UUID) to use in the guest's 156System Management BIOS System Information structure. 157If an explicit value is not set, a valid UUID is generated from 158the host's hostname and the VM name. 159.It Va virtio_msix Ta bool Ta true Ta 160Use MSI-X interrupts for PCI VirtIO devices. 161If set to false, MSI interrupts are used instead. 162.It Va config.dump Ta bool Ta false Ta 163If this value is set to true after 164.Xr bhyve 8 165has finished parsing command line options, 166then 167.Xr bhyve 8 168will write all of its configuration variables to stdout and exit. 169No VM will be started. 170.It Va bios.vendor Ta string Ta BHYVE Ta 171This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 172.It Va bios.version Ta string Ta 14.0 Ta 173This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 174.It Va bios.release_date Ta string Ta 10/17/2021 Ta 175This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 176.It Va system.family_name Ta string Ta Virtual Machine Ta 177Family the computer belongs to. 178This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 179.It Va system.manufacturer Ta string Ta FreeBSD Ta 180This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 181.It Va system.product_name Ta string Ta BHYVE Ta 182This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 183.It Va system.serial_number Ta string Ta None Ta 184This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 185.It Va system.sku Ta string Ta None Ta 186Stock keeping unit of the computer. 187It's also called product ID or purchase order number. 188This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 189.It Va system.version Ta string Ta 1.0 Ta 190This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 191.It Va board.manufacturer Ta string Ta FreeBSD Ta 192This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 193.It Va board.product_name Ta string Ta BHYVE Ta 194This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 195.It Va board.version Ta string Ta 1.0 Ta 196This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 197.It Va board.serial_number Ta string Ta None Ta 198This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 199.It Va board.asset_tag Ta string Ta None Ta 200This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 201.It Va board.location Ta string Ta None Ta 202Describes the board's location within the chassis. 203This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 204.It Va chassis.manufacturer Ta string Ta FreeBSD Ta 205This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 206.It Va chassis.version Ta string Ta 1.0 Ta 207This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 208.It Va chassis.serial_number Ta string Ta None Ta 209This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 210.It Va chassis.asset_tag Ta string Ta None Ta 211This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 212.It Va chassis.sku Ta string Ta None Ta 213Stock keeping unit of the chassis. 214It's also called product ID or purchase order number. 215This value is used for the guest's System Management BIOS System Information structure. 216.El 217.Ss x86-Specific Settings 218.Bl -column "x86.vmexit_on_pause" "integer" "Default" 219.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 220.It Va x86.mptable Ta bool Ta true Ta 221Generate an MPTable. 222.It Va x86.x2apic Ta bool Ta false Ta 223Configure guest's local APICs in x2APIC mode. 224.It Va x86.strictio Ta bool Ta false Ta 225Exit if a guest accesses an I/O port that is not emulated. 226By default, writes are ignored and reads return all bits set. 227.It Va x86.strictmsr Ta bool Ta true Ta 228Inject a general protection fault if a guest accesses a Model Specific 229Register (MSR) that is not emulated. 230If this is false, writes are ignored and reads return zero. 231.It Va x86.vmexit_on_hlt Ta bool Ta false Ta 232Force a VM exit when a guest CPU executes the 233.Dv HLT 234instruction. 235This allows idle guest CPUs to yield the host CPU. 236.It Va x86.vmexit_on_pause Ta bool Ta false Ta 237Force a VM exit when a guest CPU executes the 238.Dv PAUSE 239instruction. 240.El 241.Sh DEVICE SETTINGS 242Device settings are stored under a device node. 243The device node's name is set by the parent bus of the device. 244.Ss PCI Device Settings 245PCI devices are described by a device node named 246.Dq pci . Ns Ar bus . Ns Ar slot . Ns Ar function 247where each of 248.Ar bus , 249.Ar slot , 250and 251.Ar function 252are formatted as decimal values with no padding. 253All PCI device nodes must contain a configuration variable named 254.Dq device 255which specifies the device model to use. 256The following PCI device models are supported: 257.Bl -tag -indent 258.It Li hostbridge 259Provide a simple PCI-Host bridge device. 260This is usually configured at pci0:0:0 and is required by most guest 261operating systems. 262.It Li ahci 263AHCI storage controller. 264.It Li e1000 265Intel e82545 network interface. 266.It Li fbuf 267VGA framebuffer device attached to VNC server. 268.It Li lpc 269LPC PCI-ISA bridge with COM1-COM4 16550 serial ports, 270a boot ROM, 271an optional fwcfg type, 272and an optional debug/test device. 273This device must be configured on bus 0. 274.It Li hda 275High Definition audio controller. 276.It Li nvme 277NVM Express (NVMe) controller. 278.It Li passthru 279PCI pass-through device. 280.It Li uart 281PCI 16550 serial device. 282.It Li virtio-9p 283VirtIO 9p (VirtFS) interface. 284.It Li virtio-blk 285VirtIO block storage interface. 286.It Li virtio-console 287VirtIO console interface. 288.It Li virtio-input 289VirtIO input interface. 290.It Li virtio-net 291VirtIO network interface. 292.It Li virtio-rnd 293VirtIO RNG interface. 294.It Li virtio-scsi 295VirtIO SCSI interface. 296.It Li xhci 297Extensible Host Controller Interface (XHCI) USB controller. 298.El 299.Ss USB Device Settings 300USB controller devices contain zero or more child USB devices 301attached to slots. 302Each USB device stores its settings in a node named 303.Dq slot. Ns Va N 304under the controller's device node. 305.Va N 306is the number of the slot to which the USB device is attached. 307Note that USB slot numbers begin at 1. 308All USB device nodes must contain a configuration variable named 309.Dq device 310which specifies the device model to use. 311The following USB device models are supported: 312.Bl -tag -indent 313.It Li tablet 314A USB tablet device which provides precise cursor synchronization 315when using VNC. 316.El 317.Ss Block Device Settings 318Block devices use the following settings to configure their backing store. 319These settings are stored in the configuration node of the respective device. 320.Bl -column "sectorsize" "logical[/physical]" "Default" 321.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 322.It path Ta string Ta Ta 323The path of the file or disk device to use as the backing store. 324.It nocache Ta bool Ta false Ta 325Disable caching on the backing file by opening the backing file with 326.Dv O_DIRECT . 327.It nodelete Ta bool Ta false Ta 328Disable emulation of guest trim requests via 329.Dv DIOCGDELETE 330requests. 331.It sync Ta bool Ta false Ta 332Write changes to the backing file with synchronous writes. 333.It direct Ta bool Ta false Ta 334An alias for 335.Va sync . 336.It ro Ta bool Ta false Ta 337Disable writes to the backing file. 338.It sectorsize Ta Va logical Ns Op / Ns Va physical Ta Ta 339Specify the logical and physical sector size of the emulated disk. 340If the physical size is not specified, 341it is equal to the logical size. 342.El 343.Ss Network Backend Settings 344Network devices use the following settings to configure their backend. 345The backend is responsible for passing packets between the device model 346and a desired destination. 347Configuring a backend requires setting the 348.Va backend 349variable. 350The type of a backend can either be set explicitly via the 351.Va type 352variable 353or it can be inferred from the value of 354.Va backend . 355.Pp 356The following types of backends are supported: 357.Bl -tag -width "netgraph" 358.It tap 359Use the 360.Xr tap 4 361interface named in 362.Va backend 363as the backend. 364.It netgraph 365Use a 366.Xr netgraph 4 367socket hook as the backend. 368This backend uses the following additional variables: 369.Bl -column "peerhook" "Format" "Default" 370.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 371.It Va path Ta string Ta Ta 372The name of the 373.Xr netgraph 4 374destination node. 375.It Va peerhook Ta string Ta Ta 376The name of the destination hook. 377.It Va socket Ta string Ta Ta 378The name of the created 379.Xr ng_socket 4 380node. 381.It Va hook Ta string Ta vmlink Ta 382The name of the source hook on the created 383.Xr ng_socket 4 384node. 385.El 386.It netmap 387Use 388.Xr netmap 4 389either on a network interface or a port on a 390.Xr vale 4 391bridge as the backend. 392The value of 393.Va backend 394is passed to 395.Xr nm_open 396to connect to a netmap port. 397.El 398.Pp 399If 400.Va type 401is not specified explicitly, then it is inferred from 402.Va backend 403based on the following patterns: 404.Bl -column -offset indent "valuebridge:port" 405.It Sy Pattern Ta Sy Type 406.It tap Ns Va N Ta tap 407.It vmnet Ns Va N Ta tap 408.It netgraph Ta netgraph 409.It netmap: Ns Va interface Ta netmap 410.It vale Ns Va bridge : Ns Va port Ta netmap 411.El 412.Ss UART Device Settings 413.Bl -column "Name" "Format" "Default" 414.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 415.It Va path Ta path Ta Ta 416Backend device for the serial port. 417Either the pathname of a character device or 418.Dq stdio 419to use standard input and output of the 420.Xr bhyve 8 421process. 422.El 423.Ss Host Bridge Settings 424.Bl -column "pcireg.*" "integer" "Default" 425.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 426.It Va pcireg.* Ta integer Ta Ta 427Values of PCI register. 428.Bl -column "device" "Default" 429.It Sy Name Ta Sy Default 430.It Va vendor Ta integer Ta 0x1275 Ta 431.It Va device Ta integer Ta 0x1275 Ta 432.El 433.El 434.Ss AHCI Controller Settings 435AHCI controller devices contain zero or more ports each of which 436provides a storage device. 437Each port stores its settings in a node named 438.Dq port. Ns Va N 439under the controller's device node. 440The 441.Va N 442values are formatted as successive decimal values starting with 0. 443In addition to the block device settings described above, each 444port supports the following settings: 445.Bl -column "model" "integer" "generated" 446.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 447.It Va type Ta string Ta Ta 448The type of storage device to emulate. 449Must be set to either 450.Dq cd 451or 452.Dq hd . 453.It Va nmrr Ta integer Ta 0 Ta 454Nominal Media Rotation Rate, also known as RPM. 455A value 1 of indicates a device with no rate such as a Solid State Disk. 456.It Va ser Ta string Ta generated Ta 457Serial number of up to twenty characters. 458A default serial number is generated using a hash of the backing 459store's pathname. 460.It Va rev Ta string Ta 001 Ta 461Revision number of up to eight characters. 462.It Va model Ta string Ta Ta 463Model number of up to forty characters. 464Separate default model strings are used for 465.Dq cd 466and 467.Dq hd 468device types. 469.El 470.Ss e1000 Settings 471In addition to the network backend settings, 472Intel e82545 network interfaces support the following variables: 473.Bl -column "Name" "MAC address" "generated" 474.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 475.It Va mac Ta MAC address Ta generated Ta 476MAC address. 477If an explicit address is not provided, 478a MAC address is generated from a hash of the device's PCI address. 479.El 480.Ss Frame Buffer Settings 481.Bl -column "password" "[IP:]port" "127.0.0.1:5900" 482.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 483.It Va wait Ta bool Ta false Ta 484Wait for a remote connection before starting the VM. 485.It Va rfb Ta Oo Ar IP Ns : Oc Ns Ar port Ta 127.0.0.1:5900 Ta 486TCP address to listen on for remote connections. 487The IP address must be given as a numeric address. 488IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square brackets and 489support scoped identifiers as described in 490.Xr getaddrinfo 3 . 491A bare port number may be given in which case the IPv4 492localhost address is used. 493.It Va vga Ta string Ta io Ta 494VGA configuration. 495More details are provided in 496.Xr bhyve 8 . 497.It Va w Ta integer Ta 1024 Ta 498Frame buffer width in pixels. 499.It Va h Ta integer Ta 768 Ta 500Frame buffer height in pixels. 501.It Va password Ta string Ta Ta 502Password to use for VNC authentication. 503This type of authentication is known to be cryptographically weak and is not 504intended for use on untrusted networks. 505.El 506.Ss High Definition Audio Settings 507.Bl -column "Name" "Format" "Default" 508.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 509.It Va play Ta path Ta Ta 510Host playback device, 511typically 512.Pa /dev/dsp0 . 513.It Va rec Ta path Ta Ta 514Host recording device, 515typically 516.Pa /dev/dsp0 . 517.El 518.Ss LPC Device Settings 519The LPC bridge stores its configuration under a top-level 520.Va lpc 521node rather than under the PCI LPC device's node. 522The following nodes are available under 523.Va lpc : 524.Bl -column "pc-testdev" "Format" "Default" 525.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 526.It Va bootrom Ta path Ta Ta 527Path to a boot ROM. 528The contents of this file are copied into the guest's 529memory ending just before the 4GB physical address. 530If a boot ROM is present, a firmware interface device is 531also enabled for use by the boot ROM. 532.It Va bootvars Ta path Ta Ta 533Path to boot VARS. 534The contents of this file are copied beneath the boot ROM. 535Firmware can write to it to save variables. 536All variables will be persistent even on reboots of the guest. 537.It Va com1 Ta node Ta Ta 538Settings for the COM1 serial port device. 539.It Va com2 Ta node Ta Ta 540Settings for the COM2 serial port device. 541.It Va com3 Ta node Ta Ta 542Settings for the COM3 serial port device. 543.It Va com4 Ta node Ta Ta 544Settings for the COM4 serial port device. 545.It Va fwcfg Ta string Ta bhyve Ta 546The fwcfg type to be used. 547Supported values are 548.Dq bhyve 549for fwctl and 550.Dq qemu 551for fwcfg. 552.It Va pc-testdev Ta bool Ta false Ta 553Enable the PC debug/test device. 554.It Va pcireg.* Ta integer Ta Ta 555Values of PCI register. 556It also accepts the value 557.Ar host 558to use the pci id of the host system. 559This value is required for the Intel GOP driver to work properly. 560.Bl -column "subvendor" "Default" 561.It Sy Name Ta Sy Default 562.It Va vendor Ta 0x8086 563.It Va device Ta 0x7000 564.It Va revid Ta 0 565.It Va subvendor Ta 0 566.It Va subdevice Ta 0 567.El 568.El 569.Ss NVMe Controller Settings 570Each NVMe controller supports a single storage device. 571The device can be backed either by a memory disk described by the 572.Va ram 573variable, or a block device using the block device settings described above. 574In addition, each controller supports the following settings: 575.Bl -column "ioslots" "Format" "Default" 576.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 577.It Va maxq Ta integer Ta 16 Ta 578Maximum number of I/O submission and completion queue pairs. 579.It Va qsz Ta integer Ta 2058 Ta 580Number of elements in each I/O queue. 581.It Va ioslots Ta integer Ta 8 Ta 582Maximum number of concurrent I/O requests. 583.It Va sectsz Ta integer Ta Ta 584Sector size. 585Can be one of 512, 4096, or 8192. 586Devices backed by a memory disk use 4096 as the default. 587Devices backed by a block device use the block device's sector size 588as the default. 589.It Va ser Ta string Ta Ta 590Serial number of up to twenty characters. 591A default serial number is generated using a hash of the device's PCI address. 592.It Va eui64 Ta integer Ta Ta 593IEEE Extended Unique Identifier. 594If an EUI is not provided, a default is generated using a checksum of the 595device's PCI address. 596.It Va dsm Ta string Ta auto Ta 597Whether or not to advertise DataSet Management support. 598One of 599.Dq auto , 600.Dq enable , 601or 602.Dq disable . 603The 604.Dq auto 605setting only advertises support if the backing store supports 606resource freeing, for example via TRIM. 607.It Va ram Ta integer Ta Ta 608If set, allocate a memory disk as the backing store. 609The value of this variable is the size of the memory disk in megabytes. 610.El 611.Ss PCI Passthrough Settings 612The 613.Xr ppt 4 614device driver must be attached to the 615PCI device being passed through. 616The device to pass through can be identified either by name or its 617host PCI bus location. 618.Bl -column "Name" "integer" "Default" 619.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 620.It Va bus Ta integer Ta Ta 621Host PCI bus address of device to pass through. 622.It Va slot Ta integer Ta Ta 623Host PCI slot address of device to pass through. 624.It Va func Ta integer Ta Ta 625Host PCI function address of device to pass through. 626.It Va pptdev Ta string Ta Ta 627Name of a 628.Xr ppt 4 629device to pass through. 630.It Va rom Ta path Ta Ta 631ROM file of the device which will be executed by OVMF to init the device. 632.El 633.Ss VirtIO 9p Settings 634Each VirtIO 9p device exposes a single filesystem from a host path. 635.Bl -column "sharename" "Format" "Default" 636.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 637.It Va sharename Ta string Ta Ta 638The share name exposed to the guest. 639.It Va path Ta path Ta Ta 640The path of a directory on the host to export to the guest. 641.It Va ro Ta bool Ta false Ta 642If true, the guest filesystem is read-only. 643.El 644.Ss VirtIO Block Device Settings 645In addition to the block device settings described above, each 646VirtIO block device supports the following settings: 647.Bl -column "model" "integer" "generated" 648.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 649.It Va ser Ta string Ta generated Ta 650Serial number of up to twenty characters. 651A default serial number is generated using a hash of the backing 652store's pathname. 653.El 654.Ss VirtIO Console Device Settings 655Each VirtIO Console device contains one or more console ports. 656Each port stores its settings in a node named 657.Dq port. Ns Va N 658under the controller's device node. 659The 660.Va N 661values are formatted as successive decimal values starting with 0. 662Each port supports the following settings: 663.Bl -column "Name" "Format" "Default" 664.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 665.It Va name Ta string Ta Ta 666The name of the port exposed to the guest. 667.It Va path Ta path Ta Ta 668The path of a UNIX domain socket providing the host connection for the port. 669.El 670.Ss VirtIO Input Interface Settings 671Each VirtIO Input device contains one input event device. 672All input events of the input event device are send to the guest by VirtIO Input interface. 673VirtIO Input Interfaces support the following variables: 674.Bl -column "Name" "Format" "Default" 675.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 676.It Va path Ta path Ta Ta 677The path of the input event device exposed to the guest 678.El 679.Ss VirtIO Network Interface Settings 680In addition to the network backend settings, 681VirtIO network interfaces support the following variables: 682.Bl -column "Name" "MAC address" "generated" 683.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 684.It Va mac Ta MAC address Ta generated Ta 685MAC address. 686If an explicit address is not provided, 687a MAC address is generated from a hash of the device's PCI address. 688.It Va mtu Ta integer Ta 1500 Ta 689The largest supported MTU advertised to the guest. 690.El 691.Ss VirtIO SCSI Settings 692.Bl -column "Name" "integer" "Default" 693.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description 694.It Va dev Ta path Ta Ta 695The path of a CAM target layer (CTL) device to export: 696.Pa /dev/cam/ctl Ns Oo Ar pp . Ns Ar vp Oc . 697.It Va iid Ta integer Ta 0 Ta 698Initiator ID to use when sending requests to the CTL port. 699.El 700.Sh SEE ALSO 701.Xr expand_number 3 , 702.Xr getaddrinfo 3 , 703.Xr strtol 3 , 704.Xr netgraph 4 , 705.Xr netmap 4 , 706.Xr ng_socket 4 , 707.Xr tap 4 , 708.Xr vale 4 , 709.Xr vmnet 4 , 710.Xr bhyve 8 711