The branch stable/13 has been updated by 0mp:
URL:
https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=76f866f0f696e784b2c01711da2e8fa3f35264fe
commit 76f866f0f696e784b2c01711da2e8fa3f35264fe
Author: Michael Galassi <mich...@galassi.us>
AuthorDate: 2024-03-06 14:49:21 +0000
Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0...@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 <0...@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 fbbd5fc8b300..11c2d4bb0ed4 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
