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17.Dd $Mdocdate: November 21 2015 $
18.Dt VLDC 4 sparc64
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm vldc ,
22.Nm vldcp
23.Nd virtual channel driver
24.Sh SYNOPSIS
25.Cd "vldc* at cbus?"
26.Cd "vldcp* at vldc?"
27.Sh DESCRIPTION
28The
29.Nm
30driver provides access to services provided over virtual channels provided by
31the UltraSPARC Hypervisor as found on sun4v systems.
32Examples of such services are the Hypervisor Control Interface and the
33Variable Configuration domain service.
34.Sh SEE ALSO
35.Xr cbus 4 ,
36.Xr intro 4
37.Sh HISTORY
38The
39.Nm
40driver first appeared in
41.Ox 5.3 .
42.Sh AUTHORS
43The
44.Nm
45driver was written by
46.An Mark Kettenis Aq Mt kettenis@openbsd.org .
47