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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2015-11-22 21:24:49 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2015-11-22 21:24:49 +0000
commitf92e0169b5bd98b78d9443c3a4621e6e9ecb3410 (patch)
tree2d256b87fb518b3267392163387981fcbe9a0d47 /usr.sbin/vmd
parent0ec5c6797982fd9b64a46d9743f95e1e548131cd (diff)
sundry tweaks;
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/vmd')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/vmd/vmd.836
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/vmd/vmd.8 b/usr.sbin/vmd/vmd.8
index a68b8d50093..bf838516d60 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/vmd/vmd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/vmd/vmd.8
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: vmd.8,v 1.2 2015/11/22 21:24:48 jmc Exp $
.\"
-.\"Copyright (c) 2015 Mike Larkin <mlarkin@openbsd.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2015 Mike Larkin <mlarkin@openbsd.org>
.\"
-.\"Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
-.\"purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
-.\"copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+.\"
+.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+.\" 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.
.\"
-.\"THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
-.\"WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
-.\"MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
-.\"ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
-.\"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 22 2015 $
.Dt VMD 8
.Os
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ host.
is typically started at boot time and is controlled via
.Xr vmmctl 8 .
.Pp
-.Nm
+.Nm
can be enabled during system boot by setting the following in
.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local :
.Pp
@@ -40,7 +42,8 @@ interfaces with the virtual machine monitor (VMM) built into the kernel.
One instance of
.Nm
will be spawned for each VM running on the host, plus an extra instance
-for control operations. Each child
+for control operations.
+Each child
.Nm
will in turn create one or more VCPU (virtual CPU) threads responsible for
driving the VM's operations using
@@ -49,14 +52,13 @@ driving the VM's operations using
.Nm
is also responsible for proxying various other commands/requests from
.Xr vmmctl 8 ,
-such as stopping VMs, and retrieving information from
-.Xr vmm 4
+such as stopping VMs, and retrieving information from
+.Xr vmm 4
about running VMs.
-.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr vmm 4 ,
-.Xr vmmctl 8 ,
.Xr rc.conf 8 ,
+.Xr vmmctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm