On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 09:16 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > By adding the correct module alias, programs 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. > > Also, use C99 style initialization. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > v2 - document minor number and make sure to not overlap [...] > --- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h 2012-01-10 10:56:59.779189436 -0800 > +++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h 2012-01-11 09:13:20.803694316 -0800 > @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ > #define AUTOFS_MINOR 235 > #define MAPPER_CTRL_MINOR 236 > #define LOOP_CTRL_MINOR 237 > +#define VHOST_NET_MINOR 238 > #define MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR 255 > > struct device; > --- a/Documentation/devices.txt 2012-01-10 10:56:53.399116518 -0800 > +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt 2012-01-11 09:12:49.251197653 -0800 > @@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. > 234 = /dev/btrfs-control Btrfs control device > 235 = /dev/autofs Autofs control device > 236 = /dev/mapper/control Device-Mapper control device > + 237 = /dev/vhost-net Host kernel accelerator for virtio net [...] 238 != 237. It looks like someone forgot to add loopctrl here. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked. -- 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
