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Index: head/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8
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--- head/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8
+++ head/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 9, 2016
+.Dd February 27, 2017
.Dt BHYVE 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@
Virtio block storage interface.
.It Li virtio-rnd
Virtio RNG interface.
+.It Li virtio-console
+Virtio console interface, which exposes multiple ports
+to the guest in the form of simple char devices for simple IO
+between the guest and host userspaces.
.It Li ahci
AHCI controller attached to arbitrary devices.
.It Li ahci-cd
@@ -270,6 +274,31 @@
.Va pptdev
loader variable as described in
.Xr vmm 4 .
+.Pp
+Virtio console devices:
+.Bl -tag -width 10n
+.It Li port1= Ns Pa /path/to/port1.sock Ns ,anotherport= Ns Pa ...
+A maximum of 16 ports per device can be created.
+Every port is named and corresponds to a Unix domain socket created by
+.Nm .
+.Nm
+accepts at most one connection per port at a time.
+.Pp
+Limitations:
+.Bl -bullet -offset 2n
+.It
+Due to lack of destructors in
+.Nm ,
+sockets on the filesystem must be cleaned up manually after
+.Nm
+exits.
+.It
+There is no way to use the "console port" feature, nor the console port
+resize as of now.
+.It
+Emergency write is advertised, but no-op as of now.
+.El
+.El
.El
.It Fl S
Wire guest memory.
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