nvmm and virtualization

netbsdnoob

Hello all, I am troubles trying nvmm.
I am following the guide here: https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-virt.html

The first step for me already fails, i am on a netbsd-current kernel with pkgsrc-current repos.

When I try:
modload nvmm

It just states that the nvmm: No such file or directory.
I also tried to grep through modstat but the module is not there.

Can somebody tell me why this happens? Should I compile my own kernel to enable virtualization features?
Or am i missing some packages?

I tried pkgin se "nvmm" and didn't find any nvmm related packages.

HELP!

tcmart14

You can pull down the src and compile just the module and load it from there. I did this about a month ago. So that way you don't have to compile the full kernel.

Here is a mailing list entry refering to compiling the kernel modules by themselves.

link

netbsdnoob

tcmart14 I will give it a look, anyway I think the docs should be fixed, since from the official docs it is not mentioned anywhere that one should recompile the kernel with specific features turned on.

nia

I've added a note that you should check you have the right modules to the nvmm guide, but if you update the kernel without updating modules then that's on you honestly. On a fresh system, one that hasn't been updated improperly, it will work without problems.

netbsdnoob

nia wait i just downloaded a current kernel, how can i also update the modules ?

nia

https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest/amd64/binary/sets/modules.tar.xz