Bug 277530

Summary: vmm(4) manpage doesn't emphasize importance of early loading
Product: Base System Reporter: Michael Galassi <michael>
Component: bhyveAssignee: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me CC: 0mp
Priority: ---    
Version: 15.0-CURRENT   
Hardware: amd64   
OS: Any   
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clarifying patch for vmm(4) manpage none

Description Michael Galassi 2024-03-06 15:10:14 UTC
Created attachment 248975 [details]
clarifying patch for vmm(4) manpage

The vmm(4) manpage could use a bit of emphasis on the fact that vmm.ko needs to be loaded early (from loader.conf) rather than just mentioning that it can be loaded from loader.conf.  This would have saved me a full day of chasing my tail around in circles.  The attached patch provides that emphasis.
Comment 1 Mateusz Piotrowski freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-03-06 15:45:24 UTC
Thanks for the submission. I'll clean up the patch a bit and commit it soon.
Comment 2 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-03-06 15:51:04 UTC
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=d0168b32bc67033414e43f07eff2a4e850652c29

commit d0168b32bc67033414e43f07eff2a4e850652c29
Author:     Michael Galassi <michael@galassi.us>
AuthorDate: 2024-03-06 14:49:21 +0000
Commit:     Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-03-06 15:50:24 +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>

 share/man/man4/vmm.4 | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Comment 3 Mateusz Piotrowski freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-03-06 15:51:17 UTC
Committed, thanks!
Comment 4 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-05-04 13:18:49 UTC
A commit in branch stable/14 references this bug:

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(-)
Comment 5 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-05-04 13:18:51 UTC
A commit in branch stable/13 references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=76f866f0f696e784b2c01711da2e8fa3f35264fe

commit 76f866f0f696e784b2c01711da2e8fa3f35264fe
Author:     Michael Galassi <michael@galassi.us>
AuthorDate: 2024-03-06 14:49:21 +0000
Commit:     Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-05-04 13:18:15 +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(-)