On 11.01.2012 08:54, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > By adding the a module alias, programs (or users) won't have to explicitly > call modprobe. Vhost-net will always be available if built into the kernel. > It does require assigning a permanent minor number for depmod to work. > Choose one next to TUN since this driver is related to it.
Why do you think a statically-allocated device number will do any good at all? Static /dev is gone almost completely, at least on the systems where whole virt stuff makes any sense, so you don't have pre-created vhost-net device anymore, and hence this allocation makes no sense. Just IMHO anyway. Thanks, /mjt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
