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.Dd $Mdocdate: November 23 2018 $
.Dt PVCLOCK 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pvclock
.Nd paravirtual clock driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "pvclock* at pvbus?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver supports the paravirtual clock that is available in KVM and
other hypervisors.
.Nm
uses a shared page between the host and the hypervisor to synchronize
the TSC clock in an efficient way.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pvbus 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Ox 6.5 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Reyk Floeter Aq Mt reyk@openbsd.org .