1.\" $OpenBSD: pvclock.4,v 1.2 2018/11/23 17:21:37 jmc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2018 Reyk Floeter <reyk@openbsd.org> 4.\" 5.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 6.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 7.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 8.\" 9.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 10.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 11.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 12.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 13.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 14.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 15.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 16.\" 17.Dd $Mdocdate: November 23 2018 $ 18.Dt PVCLOCK 4 19.Os 20.Sh NAME 21.Nm pvclock 22.Nd paravirtual clock driver 23.Sh SYNOPSIS 24.Cd "pvclock* at pvbus?" 25.Sh DESCRIPTION 26The 27.Nm 28driver supports the paravirtual clock that is available in KVM and 29other hypervisors. 30.Nm 31uses a shared page between the host and the hypervisor to synchronize 32the TSC clock in an efficient way. 33.Sh SEE ALSO 34.Xr pvbus 4 35.Sh HISTORY 36The 37.Nm 38driver first appeared in 39.Ox 6.5 . 40.Sh AUTHORS 41.An -nosplit 42The 43.Nm 44driver was written by 45.An Reyk Floeter Aq Mt reyk@openbsd.org . 46