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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:06:29 UTC
The branch main has been updated by ziaee:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=9d65dc4ca5da85547040b5f5e84c0ed4446fcbe8
commit 9d65dc4ca5da85547040b5f5e84c0ed4446fcbe8
Author: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-08-29 19:46:20 +0000
Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-08-29 19:46:20 +0000
virtio.4: Canonicalize SYNOPSIS + tag SPDX
MFC after: 3 days
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share/man/man4/virtio.4 | 22 ++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/virtio.4 b/share/man/man4/virtio.4
index 6af6300b1cee..2bba9752e8e5 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/virtio.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/virtio.4
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Bryan Venteicher
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -29,20 +32,15 @@
.Nm virtio
.Nd VirtIO Device Support
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-To compile VirtIO device support into the kernel, place the following lines
-in your kernel configuration file:
-.Bd -ragged -offset indent
-.Cd "device virtio"
-.Cd "device virtio_pci"
-.Ed
+.Cd device virtio
+.Cd device virtio_pci
.Pp
-Alternatively, to load VirtIO support as modules at boot time, place the
-following lines in
+In
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-virtio_load="YES"
-virtio_pci_load="YES"
-.Ed
+.Cd hw.virtio.pci.disable_msix
+.Cd hw.virtio.pci.transitional
+.Cd virtio_load="YES"
+.Cd virtio_pci_load="YES"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
VirtIO is a specification for para-virtualized I/O in a virtual machine (VM).
Traditionally, the hypervisor emulated real devices such as an Ethernet