.\" .\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the .\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0. .\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version .\" 1.0 of the CDDL. .\" .\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this .\" source. A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at .\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL. .\" .\" .\" Copyright 2020 Oxide Computer Company .\" .Dd October 3, 2020 .Dt VIOBLK 7D .Os .Sh NAME .Nm vioblk .Nd virtio block device .Sh SYNOPSIS .Pa /dev/dsk/cXt0d0 .Pa /dev/rdsk/cXt0d0 .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver is a .Xr blkdev 7D based device that supports the virtio para-virtualization block device specification which is commonly used by many hypervisors and emulators. The device supports what the specification calls the more commonly found .Sq legacy interface for devices. .Pp The driver supports the following features, if offered by the device: .Bl -dash .It Volatile write-cache .It Discarding unused sectors .Pq ala TRIM, UNMAP .It Read-only device support .It Physical block sizes that are distinct from logical 512-byte blocks .It Synthesized disk geometry .El .Sh APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE For each device instance, a .Xr blkdev 7D instance is created and treated as an independent controller with a single device, meaning that the .Em cX part of .Em cXt0d0 will vary for each device. Because the driver leverages the .Xr blkdev 7D framework, most standard disk manipulation utilities will function such as .Xr diskinfo 1M for discovering devices, .Xr format 1M for manipulating partition tables, .Xr iostat 1M for seeing device I/O statistics, and a subset of the .Xr dkio 7IO ioctl requests to retrieve information about the device. .Sh ARCHITECTURE The .Nm driver is only supported on .Sy x86 . .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width Pa .It Pa /dev/dsk/cXt0d0 Block device minor node. .It Pa /dev/rdsk/cXt0d0 Character device minor node. .It Pa /kernel/drv/amd64/vioblk x86 device driver. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr diskinfo 1M , .Xr blkdev 7D , .Xr virtio 7D , .Xr dkio 7I .Rs .%T Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) Version 1.1 .%D April, 2019 .%U https://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.1/virtio-v1.1.html .Re