1.\" $FreeBSD$ 2.Dd September 20, 2018 3.Dt IFLIB 9 4.Os 5.Sh NAME 6.Nm iflib 7.Nd Network Interface Driver Framework 8.Sh DESCRIPTION 9.Nm 10is a framework for writing network interface drivers for 11.Fx . 12It is designed to remove a large amount of the boilerplate that is often 13needed for modern network interface devices, allowing driver authors to 14focus on the specific code needed for their hardware. 15.Pp 16There are three logical components to 17.Nm 18each of which is described in its own manual page. 19These are: 20.Bl -tag -width ".Xr iflibtxrx 9" 21.It Xr iflibdi 9 22Device-independent functions, used to integrate 23.Nm 24into the rest of the 25.Fx 26networking stack. 27.It Xr iflibdd 9 28Device-dependent functions, used when writing new 29.Nm 30based drivers. 31.It Xr iflibtxrx 9 32Device-dependent transmit and receive functions, used when writing new 33.Nm 34based drivers. 35.El 36.Sh SEE ALSO 37.Xr iflib 4 , 38.Xr iflibdd 9 , 39.Xr iflibdi 9 , 40.Xr iflibtxrx 9 , 41.Xr ifnet 9 42.Sh AUTHORS 43.An Benno Rice Aq Mt benno@FreeBSD.org 44