From 907860602fb7cc2a35c8394dd134662b224437f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Frank <m.frank@proxmox.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 18:19:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] virtiofs: add a description of how to install virtiofsd

Signed-off-by: Markus Frank <m.frank@proxmox.com>
---
 qm.adoc | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
index 39cf492..44e2436 100644
--- a/qm.adoc
+++ b/qm.adoc
@@ -1269,6 +1269,12 @@ Linux VMs with kernel >=5.4 support virtiofs by default
 (https://www.kernelconfig.io/CONFIG_VIRTIO_FS[virtiofs kernel module]), but some
 features require a newer kernel.
 
+To use virtiofs, ensure that virtiofsd is installed on the {pve} host:
+
+----
+apt install virtiofsd
+----
+
 There is a
 https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/wiki/Virtiofs:-Shared-file-system[guide]
 available on how to utilize virtiofs in Windows VMs.