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committer | 2015-11-13 07:55:37 +0000 | |
commit | 6ce36ca69b75076b1769e2263a70c3bea4e1a670 (patch) | |
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parent | vmm(4) kernel code (diff) | |
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.amd64/vmm.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.amd64/vmm.4 index 3eaa776d286..3e0c09bec78 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.amd64/vmm.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.amd64/vmm.4 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: vmm.4,v 1.3 2015/11/13 07:55:37 jmc Exp $ .\" .\"Copyright (c) 2015 Mike Larkin <mlarkin@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ .\"WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\"ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\"OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" .Dd $Mdocdate: November 13 2015 $ .Dt VMM 4 amd64 .Os @@ -24,20 +26,22 @@ The .Nm driver implements a virtual machine monitor (VMM) suitable for executing -.Ar virtual machines -(VMs). A VMM runs on the -.Ar host +.Em virtual machines +(VMs). +A VMM runs on the +.Em host operating system and provides facilities to execute one or more VMs, each of which is provided with a suitable complement of virtual hardware. .Pp These VMs run independently of the host, but may interact with -it as any other machine would (eg, via network communications or +it as any other machine would (e.g. via network communications or other means). .Pp VMs are allocated hardware resources by the VMM during creation, including: -.Bl -bullet -compact +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact .It Virtual CPUs .It @@ -46,30 +50,29 @@ Virtual network interfaces Virtual disk images .It Virtual serial ports -.It -etc... .El .Pp -Although VMs execute independent of each other and the host, they -do consume host resources, and as such, the number of VMs (and their +Although VMs execute independently of each other and the host, they +do consume host resources and, as such, the number of VMs (and their configurations) should be taken into consideration when planning host capacity. .Pp The .Nm -driver requires suitable host CPU capabilites in order to provide -VM services. The +driver requires suitable host CPU capabilities in order to provide +VM services. +The .Nm driver requires at least one CPU with hardware-assisted virtualization -capabillities and nested or extended paging capabilities to be -present on the host. For more information, consult your CPU -vendor's documentation. +capabilities and nested or extended paging capabilities to be +present on the host. +For more information, consult the CPU vendor's documentation. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr cpu 4 , .Xr intro 4 , -.Xr vmmctl 8 , -.Xr vmd 8 , .Xr virtio 4 , +.Xr vmd 8 , +.Xr vmmctl 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm |