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SubjectRe: open /dev/kvm: No such file or directory
On 12/29/06, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Thursday 28 December 2006 16:51, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > Greg, /dev/kvm is a MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR device. Is there any way of
> > using it without udev? Should I allocate a static number?
>
> You can write a small script that parses /proc/misc and creates the device,
> like
>
> # /sbin/mknod /dev/kvm c 10 `grep '\<kvm\>' /proc/misc | cut -f 1 -d\ `
>
> If you already have an init script, e.g. to set up tun/tap devices,
> it would make sense to put it in there.
>
> Arnd <><
>

That works. That's exacting what I'm looking for.

Thank you,
Jeff.
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