Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754879AbWL1PvK (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:51:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754884AbWL1PvK (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:51:10 -0500 Received: from il.qumranet.com ([62.219.232.206]:56361 "EHLO il.qumranet.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754879AbWL1PvJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:51:09 -0500 Message-ID: <4593E7EB.7070801@argo.co.il> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:51:07 +0200 From: Avi Kivity User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Chua CC: Dor Laor , lkml , Greg KH Subject: Re: open /dev/kvm: No such file or directory References: <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E0321609AB0D35@ehost011-8.exch011.intermedia.net> <4593D9F5.6010807@argo.co.il> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 937 Lines: 27 Jeff Chua wrote: > On 12/28/06, Avi Kivity wrote: > >> udev is the best solution here. It works with read-only root as it >> mounts tmpfs on /dev. > > Thanks for the suggestion and I'll look into it. As for now, my system > works well without udev, and I just wanted to test kvm without the > "dynamic" /dev/kvm feature if possible. > > Would it be possible to create /dev/kvm once and let it stay there > permanently? How about a switch for non-udev system? [cc'ing udev guru] Greg, /dev/kvm is a MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR device. Is there any way of using it without udev? Should I allocate a static number? -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/