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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 16:08:12 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 16:08:12 -0400 |
| commit | b9cde963555b6519c5dbd34a39dee3418f593437 (patch) | |
| tree | 453accad3c3286e3416d4160de4a87223aff684c /static/freebsd/man4/vmd.4 | |
| parent | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (diff) | |
feat: Added FreeBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/vmd.4 b/static/freebsd/man4/vmd.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..590a368f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man4/vmd.4 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.\"- +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2021 Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> +.\" Copyright 2019 Cisco Systems, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd October 6, 2022 +.Dt VMD 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm vmd +.Nd Intel Volume Management Device driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device vmd" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following +line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +vmd_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This driver attaches to Intel VMD devices, representing them as PCI-to-PCI +bridges and providing access to children PCI devices via new PCI domains. +Intel VMD is used by Intel's VROC (Virtual RAID on chip) to manage NVMe +drives. +.Sh LOADER TUNABLES +The following tunables are settable via +.Xr loader 8 +or +.Xr sysctl 8 : +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Va hw.vmd.bypass_msi +By default all VMD devices remap children MSI/MSI-X interrupts into their +own. It creates additional isolation, but also complicates things due to +sharing, etc. Fortunately some VMD devices can bypass the remapping. +Defaults to 1. +.It Va hw.vmd.max_msi +Limits number of Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) vectors allowed to each +child device. +VMD can't distinguish MSI vectors of the same device, so there are no +benefits to have more than one, unless it is required by specific device +driver. +Defaults to 1. +.It Va hw.vmd.max_msix +Limits number of Extended Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI-X) vectors +allowed to each child device. +VMD has limited number of interrupt vectors to map children interrupts into, +so to avoid/reduce sharing children devices/drivers need to be constrained. +Defaults to 3. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr graid 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Fx 13.0 . |
