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