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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man9/iflib.9 b/static/freebsd/man9/iflib.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9f312b9d --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man9/iflib.9 @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +.Dd September 20, 2018 +.Dt IFLIB 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm iflib +.Nd Network Interface Driver Framework +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is a framework for writing network interface drivers for +.Fx . +It is designed to remove a large amount of the boilerplate that is often +needed for modern network interface devices, allowing driver authors to +focus on the specific code needed for their hardware. +.Pp +There are three logical components to +.Nm +each of which is described in its own manual page. +These are: +.Bl -tag -width ".Xr iflibtxrx 9" +.It Xr iflibdi 9 +Device-independent functions, used to integrate +.Nm +into the rest of the +.Fx +networking stack. +.It Xr iflibdd 9 +Device-dependent functions, used when writing new +.Nm +based drivers. +.It Xr iflibtxrx 9 +Device-dependent transmit and receive functions, used when writing new +.Nm +based drivers. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr iflib 4 , +.Xr iflibdd 9 , +.Xr iflibdi 9 , +.Xr iflibtxrx 9 , +.Xr ifnet 9 +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Benno Rice Aq Mt benno@FreeBSD.org |