XNF(4) | Device Drivers Manual | XNF(4)

# NAME

`xnf` — Xen Netfront networking interface

# SYNOPSIS

`xnf* at xen?`

# DESCRIPTION

The `xnf` driver provides support for a paravirtual networking interface “Netfront” native to the Xen hypervisor.

During attach the `xnf` driver will ask the hypervisor to switch all configured virtual interfaces over to the Netfront interface regardless of the VM configuration.

# SEE ALSO

autoconf(4), intro(4), xen(4)

# HISTORY

The `xnf` driver first appeared in OpenBSD 5.9.

# AUTHORS

The `xnf` driver was written by Mike Belopuhov <mikeb@openbsd.org> from scratch, inspired by the FreeBSD implementation.

January 15, 2016 | Debian