VIOCON(4)

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version 11.0 · 2 versions
, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, this is VIOCON(4) from the Kernel Interfaces Manual — the manual page for viocon — and it's giving VirtIO console device realness. lowkey obsessed already. let's go. 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

viocon — VirtIO console device. literally that's the name, no cap. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the config vibe is exactly:

viocon* at virtio?

that's it, that's the line. iconic, fr fr. 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The viocon driver provides support for the virtio(4) console interface provided by KVM, QEMU, and others. ngl, iconic collaboration. 🤝

It provides serial ports that are attached as ttys. yes bestie, serial ports, attached as ttys — the tty of it all is highkey main character energy. 🎀

🎀 FILES 🎀

the tty family pics, all five of them:

  • /dev/ttyVI00
  • /dev/ttyVI10
  • /dev/ttyVI20
  • /dev/ttyVI30
  • /dev/ttyVI40

that's the whole list, periodt. 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these next, bestie — required reading:

🌈 HISTORY 🌈

The viocon driver first appeared in OpenBSD 5.9. history was made, fr fr. ✨

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The viocon driver was written for OpenBSD by Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>. It was ported to NetBSD 10.0. shoutout to Stefan, and shoutout to the port, we love a glow-up. 🫶

💀 BUGS 💀

okay real talk, the caveats are caveating:

  • Use as a kernel console for NetBSD is not yet supported. so if you were thinking kernel console on NetBSD, not yet, bestie. 😭
  • The multiport feature is not yet supported. multiport? not yet. that's the tea. 🙈

mwah 💋 — this page is the Debian edition, dated August 13, 2022, for VIOCON(4). bye bestie, stay slay. 🫶💖

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