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27.\" ported from OpenBSD
28.Dd January 2, 2025
29.Dt PV 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm pv
33.Nd paravirtual device tree root
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Cd "pv* at pvbus?"
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm
39driver is used on virtual machines that are running on hypervisors.
40It provides a pseudo-bus for all paravirtual devices that do not
41attach to a well-known bus like
42.Xr pci 4 .
43.Sh SEE ALSO
44.Xr virtio 4
45