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+<table class="head">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="head-ltitle">VIRTIO_BALLOON(4)</td>
+ <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td>
+ <td class="head-rtitle">VIRTIO_BALLOON(4)</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+<div class="manual-text">
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">virtio_balloon</code> &#x2014;
+ <span class="Nd">VirtIO Memory Balloon driver</span></p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines
+ in your kernel configuration file:</p>
+<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent"><code class="Cd">device virtio_balloon</code></div>
+<p class="Pp">Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place
+ the following line in <a class="Xr">loader.conf(5)</a>:</p>
+<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent Li">
+<pre>virtio_balloon_load=&quot;YES&quot;</pre>
+</div>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">virtio_balloon</code> device driver provides
+ support for VirtIO memory balloon devices.</p>
+<p class="Pp">The memory balloon allows the guest to, at the request of the
+ hypervisor, return memory allocated to the hypervisor so it can be made
+ available to other guests. The hypervisor can later signal the balloon to
+ return the memory.</p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
+ ALSO</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">virtio(4)</a></p>
+</section>
+<section class="Sh">
+<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1>
+<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">virtio_balloon</code> driver was written by
+ <span class="An">Bryan Venteicher</span>
+ &lt;<a class="Mt" href="mailto:bryanv@FreeBSD.org">bryanv@FreeBSD.org</a>&gt;.
+ It first appeared in <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 9.0</span>.</p>
+</section>
+</div>
+<table class="foot">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="foot-date">January 22, 2012</td>
+ <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>