IFLIB(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to IFLIB(9) — straight outta the Kernel Developer's Manual 💖 this one's literally called iflib and it's the Network Interface Driver Framework ✨

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so iflib is a framework for writing network interface drivers for FreeBSD. it's designed to remove a large amount of the boilerplate that is often needed for modern network interface devices, allowing driver authors to focus on the specific code needed for their hardware. periodt. no more copy-paste suffering, just vibes and hardware-specific code 💅

there are three logical components to iflib each of which is described in its own manual page. these are:

• iflibdi(9) — Device-independent functions, used to integrate iflib into the rest of the FreeBSD networking stack. 🫶
• iflibdd(9) — Device-dependent functions, used when writing new iflib based drivers. 🛠️
• iflibtxrx(9) — Device-dependent transmit and receive functions, used when writing new iflib based drivers. 📡

like, each one got its own whole manual page? obsessed. main character energy fr fr 🌟

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go check these besties out too:

• iflib(4)
• iflibdd(9)
• iflibdi(9)
• iflibtxrx(9)
• ifnet(9)

💅 AUTHORS 💅

Benno Rice <benno@FreeBSD.org> — thank u for ur service king 👑

mwah 💋 this lil page came from Debian, dated September 20, 2018, and it's literally titled IFLIB(9). no cap, that's the whole vibe. bye bestie 🦋