* Sameer Kamat (sameer@unitrends.com) wrote: > Hello, > I had a question about NBD. I am using the 2.4.18 kernel . I > recompiled the kernel with the option of CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD. I then rebooted > the system. Having never used nbd before, I was surprised to see that the > devices nd* were not created under the /dev directory neither did it have > any entry in /proc. It is an incorrect assumption that NBD will create /dev nodes (unless you are using devfs). And if you look at the code in drivers/block/nbd.c you will not see any code that creates /proc entries either. I'd suggest taking a look at Documentation/nbd.txt to see what major/minor numbers to use when creating (mknod) the block device node. Also, this requires some userland software as well to handle both client and server side (IIRC). good luck, -chris -- Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
