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Date:      Mon, 17 Jul 2023 16:49:40 GMT
From:      Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 387ee93e0794 - stable/13 - hwpmc(4): more detailed SYNOPSYS
Message-ID:  <202307171649.36HGnepx081378@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch stable/13 has been updated by mhorne:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=387ee93e0794d8812e276745de148292bedf8ccc

commit 387ee93e0794d8812e276745de148292bedf8ccc
Author:     Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-06-16 16:38:03 +0000
Commit:     Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-07-17 16:45:39 +0000

    hwpmc(4): more detailed SYNOPSYS
    
    Include some boilerplate similar to other section 4 man pages,
    describing how to load the module at boot-time or include it in the
    kernel.
    
    Reviewed by:    jkoshy, emaste
    MFC after:      1 week
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40542
    
    (cherry picked from commit 0a1a48148ccd561464d643c05597cec2ae9e88b8)
---
 share/man/man4/hwpmc.4 | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/share/man/man4/hwpmc.4 b/share/man/man4/hwpmc.4
index 08edb6a16faf..6bd5d571793a 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/hwpmc.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/hwpmc.4
@@ -35,11 +35,27 @@
 .Nm hwpmc
 .Nd "Hardware Performance Monitoring Counter support"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
+The following option must be present in the kernel configuration file:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
 .Cd "options HWPMC_HOOKS"
-.Cd "device hwpmc"
+.Ed
 .Pp
 Additionally, for i386 systems:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
 .Cd "device apic"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
+following line in
+.Xr rc.conf 5 :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+kld_list="${kld_list} hwpmc"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Alternatively, to compile this driver into the kernel:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "device hwpmc"
+.Ed
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm



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