PVCLOCK(4) - Device Drivers Manual

PVCLOCK(4) - Device Drivers Manual #

PVCLOCK(4) - Device Drivers Manual

NAME #

pvclock - paravirtual clock driver

SYNOPSIS #

pvclock* at pvbus?

DESCRIPTION #

The pvclock driver supports the paravirtual clock that is available in KVM and other hypervisors. pvclock uses a shared page between the host and the hypervisor to synchronize the TSC clock in an efficient way.

SEE ALSO #

pvbus(4)

HISTORY #

The pvclock driver first appeared in OpenBSD 6.5.

AUTHORS #

The pvclock driver was written by Reyk Floeter <reyk@openbsd.org>.

OpenBSD 7.5 - November 23, 2018