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.Dd July 2, 2013 .Dt VIRTIO_BLK 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm virtio_blk .Nd VirtIO Block driver .Sh SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: d -ragged -offset indent .Cd "device virtio_blk" .Ed
p Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in .Xr loader.conf 5 : d -literal -offset indent virtio_blk_load="YES" .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm device driver provides support for VirtIO block devices. .Sh LOADER TUNABLES Tunables can be set at the .Xr loader 8 prompt before booting the kernel or stored in .Xr loader.conf 5 . l -tag -width indent t Va hw.vtblk.no_ident t Va hw.vtblk. Ns Ar X Ns Va .no_ident
p These tunables disable retrieving the device identification string from the hypervisor either globally or per-device. The default value is 0. t Va hw.vtblk.writecache_mode t Va hw.vtblk. Ns Ar X Ns Va .writecache_mode
p These tunables determine the write cache mode globally or per-device. The mode can changed only if the ConfigWCE feature is negotiated. Set to 0 for writethrough mode, 1 for writeback mode, and -1 to leave it as-is. The default value is to leave as-is. .El .Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES The following variables are available as .Xr sysctl 8 variables. l -tag -width indent t Va dev.vtblk. Ns Ar X Ns Va .writecache_mode
p The write cache mode of the device can be either writethrough (0) or writeback (1). If the ConfigWCE feature is negotiated, the write cache mode can be toggled between writethrough and writeback. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr virtio 4 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm driver was written by .An Bryan Venteicher Aq bryanv@FreeBSD.org . It first appeared in .Fx 9.0 .