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27.Dd November 26, 2017
28.Dt QEMUFWCFG 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm qemufwcfg
32.Nd QEMU Firmware Configuration device driver
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Cd "qemufwcfg* at acpi?"
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Nm
38interface allows QEMU to provide data items and files to guest
39operating systems.
40.Pp
41See the
42.Fl -fw_cfg
43option in the
44.Nm qemu
45man page.
46.Sh FILES
47.Bl -tag -width 20n
48.It Pa /dev/qemufwctl<n>
49device path
50.El
51.Sh SEE ALSO
52.Xr mount_qemufwcfg 8
53.Rs
54.%T QEMU Firmware Configuration (fw_cfg) Device
55.%U https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qemu/qemu/master/docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt
56.Re
57.Sh HISTORY
58The
59.Nm
60driver first appeared in
61.Nx 9.0 .
62