virtio_console — VirtIO Console driver
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Description
The virtio_console device driver provides support for VirtIO console devices.
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).
Files
/dev/ttyV?.??
History
The virtio_console driver was written by Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@FreeBSD.org>.
Debian October 22, 2014 VIRTIO_CONSOLE(4)
Name
virtio_console — VirtIO Console driver
See Also
tty(4), virtio(4)
Synopsis
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
devicevirtio_console
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
virtio_console_load="YES"
