Module Name: src
Committed By: gdt
Date: Sat Jul 29 23:11:51 UTC 2023
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4: nvmm.4
Log Message:
nvmm(4): Document that VMX Unrestricted Guest is required
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 src/share/man/man4/nvmm.4
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Index: src/share/man/man4/nvmm.4
diff -u src/share/man/man4/nvmm.4:1.6 src/share/man/man4/nvmm.4:1.7
--- src/share/man/man4/nvmm.4:1.6 Sat Sep 5 07:22:25 2020
+++ src/share/man/man4/nvmm.4 Sat Jul 29 23:11:50 2023
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: nvmm.4,v 1.6 2020/09/05 07:22:25 maxv Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: nvmm.4,v 1.7 2023/07/29 23:11:50 gdt Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2018-2020 Maxime Villard, m00nbsd.net
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd February 9, 2020
+.Dd July 30, 2023
.Dt NVMM 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ x86-SVM, for x86 AMD CPUs
.It
x86-VMX, for x86 Intel CPUs
.El
+Note that for VMX support, the CPU must also support "VMX Unrestricted
+Guest", which is only present if Extended Page Tables (EPT) is
+supported. The earliest CPU family with this feature is Westmere, and
+not all later CPUs have it.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr libnvmm 3 ,
.Xr nvmmctl 8
