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17*e5cc2e7eSschwarze.Dd $Mdocdate: July 16 2013 $
18dd58c175Skettenis.Dt VNET 4 sparc64
19dd58c175Skettenis.Os
20dd58c175Skettenis.Sh NAME
21dd58c175Skettenis.Nm vnet
22dd58c175Skettenis.Nd virtual network interface
23dd58c175Skettenis.Sh SYNOPSIS
24dd58c175Skettenis.Cd "vnet* at cbus?"
256147c44bSkettenis.Cd "vnet* at vsw?"
26dd58c175Skettenis.Sh DESCRIPTION
27dd58c175SkettenisThe
28dd58c175Skettenis.Nm
29dd58c175Skettenisdriver provides a network interface using the services provided by the
30dd58c175SkettenisUltraSPARC Hypervisor as found on sun4v systems.
31dd58c175SkettenisIt connects to a virtual switch (vsw) device or virtual network (vnet)
32dd58c175Skettenisdevice in another logical domain using a logical domain channel
33dd58c175Skettenisprovided by the hypervisor.
3488673197Sjmc.Pp
35dd58c175SkettenisThe
36dd58c175Skettenis.Nm
3788673197Sjmcdriver supports version 1.0 of the vNet protocol.
3888673197Sjmc.Pp
39dd58c175SkettenisThe
40dd58c175Skettenis.Nm
41dd58c175Skettenisdriver supports the following media types:
42dd58c175Skettenis.Bl -tag -width autoselect
43dd58c175Skettenis.It autoselect
44dd58c175SkettenisEnable autoselection of the media type and options.
45dd58c175SkettenisThe driver always uses the fastest available speed and the media
46dd58c175Skettenisoptions provided by the underlying host of the virtual machine.
47dd58c175Skettenis.El
48dd58c175Skettenis.Pp
49dd58c175SkettenisFor more information on configuring this device, see
50dd58c175Skettenis.Xr ifconfig 8 .
51dd58c175Skettenis.Sh SEE ALSO
52dd58c175Skettenis.Xr arp 4 ,
5388673197Sjmc.Xr cbus 4 ,
54dd58c175Skettenis.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
55dd58c175Skettenis.Xr intro 4 ,
56dd58c175Skettenis.Xr netintro 4 ,
576147c44bSkettenis.Xr vsw 4 ,
58dd58c175Skettenis.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
59dd58c175Skettenis.Xr ifconfig 8
60dd58c175Skettenis.Sh HISTORY
61dd58c175SkettenisThe
62dd58c175Skettenis.Nm
63dd58c175Skettenisdriver first appeared in
64dd58c175Skettenis.Ox 4.5 .
65dd58c175Skettenis.Sh AUTHORS
66dd58c175SkettenisThe
67dd58c175Skettenis.Nm
68dd58c175Skettenisdriver was written by
69*e5cc2e7eSschwarze.An Mark Kettenis Aq Mt kettenis@openbsd.org .
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