VIRTIO_CONSOLE(4)

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

💖 VIRTIO_CONSOLE 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel Interfaces Manual page for virtio_console — yes this is the FreeBSD/Debian-flavored one, and yes it's gonna be fun, i promise 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

virtio_console — the VirtIO Console driver 💅 she's giving console, she's giving driver, she's giving main character energy 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so there's two ways to get her in your life, and both are literally just "put a line somewhere." iconic, no notes 🎀

Way 1: compile her into the kernel — drop these lines into your kernel configuration file:

device virtio_console

Way 2: load her as a module at boot time — put this line in loader.conf(5) instead:

virtio_console_load="YES"

pick one, don't do both, we're not messy 💀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so the virtio_console device driver provides support for VirtIO console devices ✨ that's the whole vibe.

and here's the cute part — the console device may have one or more ports 🌸 each port is similar to a simple serial interface, and each port is accessible through tty(4) 🦋 so like, every port is its own little tty bestie, living her best life, minding her business 💜

✨ FILES ✨

  • /dev/ttyV?.?? — the device nodes, slay 💅

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read them, iykyk 📚✨

✨ HISTORY ✨

the virtio_console driver was written by Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@FreeBSD.org> 👑 thank u bryan, king behavior fr fr 🫶

ngl this whole page is short but she ate 💅 no cap, every line matters, don't skip the loader.conf(5) bit 🙈

mwah 💋 this page came to you from the Debian fam, dated October 22, 2014, and it's VIRTIO_CONSOLE(4) — stay slay, stay compiled, bye bestie 🦋💖🎀

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