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author | neel <neel@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-01-07 06:37:22 +0000 |
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committer | neel <neel@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-01-07 06:37:22 +0000 |
commit | 89556fd0ba3250c2723106cab75be15a87b0d650 (patch) | |
tree | 1b1d617d27abb66d47bd07ba61a7126070138032 /share | |
parent | 540789547feb13a366239f027262bcbdf3ae479a (diff) | |
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Add man page for bhyve(4). The project as well as the man page is a
work-in-progress.
This is the first man page I have written so apologies in advance if it
offends anybody's sensibilities :-)
Reviewed by: grehan
Obtained from: NetApp
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/bhyve.4 b/share/man/man4/bhyve.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cdfc1e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/bhyve.4 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2012 NetApp Inc +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd January 5, 2013 +.Dt BHYVE 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm bhyve +.Nd virtual machine monitor +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "/usr/sbin/bhyve" +.Cd "/usr/sbin/bhyveload" +.Cd "/usr/sbin/bhyvectl" +.Cd "/boot/kernel/vmm.ko" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is a virtual machine monitor that is hosted by FreeBSD. It is used to host +unmodified guest operating systems on top of FreeBSD. +.Pp +.Nm +relies heavily on hardware assist provided by the CPU and chipset to virtualize +processor and memory resources. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bhyve 8 , +.Xr bhyveload 8 , +.Xr bhyvectl 8 , +.Xr vmm 4 +.Sh HISTORY +.Nm +first appeared in +.Fx 10.0 , +and was developed at NetApp Inc. +.Sh AUTHORS +.Nm +was developed by +.An -nosplit +.An "Peter Grehan" Aq grehan@FreeBSD.org +and +.An "Neel Natu" Aq neel@FreeBSD.org +at NetApp Inc. +.Sh BUGS +.Nm +is considered experimental in +.Fx . |