BHYVE(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1, nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

bhyve — virtual machine monitor 💖 okay bestie, this is the BHYVE(4) page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and she is lowkey iconic.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

The cast, exactly as listed:

/usr/sbin/bhyve
/usr/sbin/bhyveload
/usr/sbin/bhyvectl
/boot/kernel/vmm.ko

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So bhyve is a virtual machine monitor that is hosted by FreeBSD. No cap, that's the whole main character setup. ✨

She's used to host unmodified guest operating systems on top of FreeBSD. literally the point. 🫶

And she relies heavily on hardware assist provided by the CPU and chipset to virtualize processor and memory resources. That's the techy little engine behind the vibe, iykyk. 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

🎀 HISTORY 🎀

bhyve first appeared in FreeBSD 10.0, and was developed at NetApp Inc. — periodt. 💜

👑 AUTHORS 👑

bhyve was developed by Peter Grehan <grehan@FreeBSD.org> and Neel Natu <neel@FreeBSD.org> at NetApp Inc. slay, thank you for your service. 🫡💖

🚨 BUGS 🚨

Real talk: bhyve is considered experimental in FreeBSD. Not me being dramatic — that's literally the note. 💀

okay bye bestie 🫶 this footer energy is Debian, January 5, 2013, filed under BHYVE(4) — mwah 💋✨

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