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author | Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> | 2021-04-18 21:29:30 +0000 |
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committer | Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> | 2021-08-16 11:09:00 +0000 |
commit | 932129b612b5557ac07a3ec2aa5d170ad02c418b (patch) | |
tree | c059fa252db246b10b0d73a41794c93e9fcd637f | |
parent | 2e9958431f7bad48d10b3b2531bca23b714643c3 (diff) |
bhyve.8: Clean up network backends section
- Reformat the format lists, use appropriate mdoc macros for
readability.
- Add a missing Oxford comma.
MFC after: 2 weeks
(cherry picked from commit 7fb22729816ef6c9e65e5c544047e669edd2f06d)
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8 | 38 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8 b/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8 index 20eafd1858cd..bd8827dcd246 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8 @@ -336,21 +336,31 @@ If is not specified, the device emulation has no backend and can be considered unconnected. .Pp -Network devices: -.Bl -tag -width 10n -.It Ar tapN Ns Op , Ns Ar mac=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx -.It Ar vmnetN Ns Op , Ns Ar mac=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx -.Pp -If -.Ar mac -is not specified, the MAC address is derived from a fixed OUI and the -remaining bytes from an MD5 hash of the slot and function numbers and -the device name. -.Pp -The MAC address is an ASCII string in -.Xr ethers 5 -format. +Network backends formats for +.Ar conf : +.Sm off +.Bl -bullet +.It +.Xo +.Cm tap Ar N +.Op Cm \&,mac= Ar xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx +.Op Cm \&,mtu= Ar N +.Xc +.It +.Xo +.Cm vmnet Ar N +.Op Cm \&,mac= Ar xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx +.Op Cm \&,mtu= Ar N +.Xc .El +.Sm on +.Pp +With +.Cm virtio-net +devices, the +.Cm mtu +parameter can be specified to inform the guest about the largest MTU +that should be allowed, expressed in bytes. .Pp Block storage devices: .Bl -tag -width 10n |