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27.Dd November 26, 2011
28.Dt VIOIF 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm vioif
32.Nd VirtIO NIC driver
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "virtio* at pci? dev ? function ?"
35.Cd "vioif*  at virtio?"
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37.Xr virtio 4
38defines an interface for efficient, standard, and extensible I/O between the
39hypervisor and the virtual machine.
40The
41.Nm
42driver supports virtio-compliant virtual network interface cards.
43.Sh SEE ALSO
44.Xr netintro 4 ,
45.Xr virtio 4 ,
46.Xr ifconfig 8
47.Rs
48.%A Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation
49.%T Virtio PCI Card Specification
50.%U http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/virtio-spec/
51.Re
52.Sh HISTORY
53The
54.Nm
55device driver appeared in
56.Nx 6.0 .
57.Sh BUGS
58No offloading support.
59