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.\"  This page Copyright (C) 2012 Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
.\"  Distributed under the GPL v2 or later.
.TH HV_KVP_DAEMON 8
.SH NAME
hv_kvp_daemon \- Hyper-V Key Value Pair daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ft B
.B hv_kvp_daemon
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBhv_kvp_daemon\fP
is the userspace component of the Hyper-V key value pair functionality,
communicating via a netlink socket with the kernel HV-KVP driver.
This pairing allows the Hyper-V host to pass configuration information
(such as IP addresses) to the guest and allows the host to obtain guest
version information.

.SH FILES
.ta
.nf
/var/opt/hyperv/.kvp_pool_*
.fi

.SH AUTHORS
.nf
Written by K. Y. Srinivasan <ksrinivasan@novell.com>