VIOBLK(4)

💖 VIOBLK(4) 💖

okay so bestie, we're talking about vioblk — the VirtIO disk driver, and honestly? she's iconic. this is the Kernel Interfaces Manual page for her, and yes we're doing the whole thing, no skips, no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

vioblk — VirtIO disk 💾

like… a disk. but virtual. main character energy fr.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

vioblk* at virtio?

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. she just attaches at virtio? and slays.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the vioblk driver is literally out here providing a virtual disk using a virtio(4) block device 🎀

and who's handing her that block device? bestie, the whole squad:

• bhyve
• KVM
• QEMU
• VirtualBox

four hypervisors, one driver, periodt. 💅

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read these next, iykyk:

• intro(4)
• scsi(4)
• virtio(4)

the gang's all here 🫶

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⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the vioblk driver first appeared in OpenBSD 5.3 — a whole era. she's been on the scene for a minute, ngl. 🕰️

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

the vioblk driver was written by Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de> 🔥

and no cap, it was based on the vdsk(4) driver by Mark Kettenis <kettenis@openbsd.org> — giving credit where credit is due, we love to see it 💖

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okay that's the whole page, nothing skipped, every last detail accounted for. go forth and mount something, bestie 🧚

and finally, a little sign-off for the record books: this whole page is a Debian situation, dated June 14, 2021 — and yeah, it's filed under VIOBLK(4) 🌈💜✨