vmm.4: Add verbiage about need to load module from loader.conf

PR:		277530
MFC after:	1 week
Co-authored-by:	Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
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Michael Galassi 2024-03-06 06:49:21 -08:00 committed by Mateusz Piotrowski
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@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd October 12, 2023
.Dd March 6, 2024
.Dt VMM 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ See the
.Sx EXAMPLES
section below for sample usage.
.Pp
Note that
.Nm vmm
must be given first the right of refusal to all
.Xr pci 4
devices it may need to claim.
As a result, the
.Nm vmm
kernel module almost certainly needs to be loaded from
.Xr loader.conf 5
rather than by adding it to
.Va kld_list in
.Xr rc.conf 5 .
.Pp
A large number of PCI device entries may require a string longer than the
128-character limit of
.Xr loader.conf 5