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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.Sh SEE ALSO
36.Xr iflib 4 ,
37.Xr iflibdd 9 ,
38.Xr iflibdi 9 ,
39.Xr iflibtxrx 9 ,
40.Xr ifnet 9
41.Sh AUTHORS
42.An Benno Rice Aq Mt benno@FreeBSD.org
43