The minor number you are using already belongs to another project. 10,234 is free but it would be good to know what device naming is proposed. I imagine other folks would like to know why you aren't using sysfs or similar or extending /dev/kvm ? Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html