git: 7de39f926cd0 - stable/14 - vmm.4: Add verbiage about need to load module from loader.conf
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Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 13:18:28 UTC
The branch stable/14 has been updated by 0mp: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=7de39f926cd0aac52f292a5e8bb7b065c891cd6d commit 7de39f926cd0aac52f292a5e8bb7b065c891cd6d Author: Michael Galassi <michael@galassi.us> AuthorDate: 2024-03-06 14:49:21 +0000 Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-05-04 13:18:05 +0000 vmm.4: Add verbiage about need to load module from loader.conf PR: 277530 MFC after: 1 week Co-authored-by: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> (cherry picked from commit d0168b32bc67033414e43f07eff2a4e850652c29) --- share/man/man4/vmm.4 | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/vmm.4 b/share/man/man4/vmm.4 index cb3276a7d8f1..dfd7ad26fb98 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vmm.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vmm.4 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd October 12, 2023 +.Dd March 6, 2024 .Dt VMM 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ See the .Sx EXAMPLES section below for sample usage. .Pp +Note that +.Nm vmm +must be given first the right of refusal to all +.Xr pci 4 +devices it may need to claim. +As a result, the +.Nm vmm +kernel module almost certainly needs to be loaded from +.Xr loader.conf 5 +rather than by adding it to +.Va kld_list in +.Xr rc.conf 5 . +.Pp A large number of PCI device entries may require a string longer than the 128-character limit of .Xr loader.conf 5