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KVM: Documentation: remove VM mmap documentation

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Since commit 80f5b5e700 ("KVM: remove vm mmap method"), the VM mmap
handler is gone. Remove the corresponding documentation.

Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Jann Horn 2017-04-24 11:16:49 +02:00 committed by Paolo Bonzini
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@ -110,11 +110,7 @@ Type: system ioctl
Parameters: machine type identifier (KVM_VM_*)
Returns: a VM fd that can be used to control the new virtual machine.
The new VM has no virtual cpus and no memory. An mmap() of a VM fd
will access the virtual machine's physical address space; offset zero
corresponds to guest physical address zero. Use of mmap() on a VM fd
is discouraged if userspace memory allocation (KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY) is
available.
The new VM has no virtual cpus and no memory.
You probably want to use 0 as machine type.
In order to create user controlled virtual machines on S390, check