Re: [Xen-devel] /dev/misc/evtchn , /dev/xen/evtchn and the event channel driver : a little question

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 29 Sep 2005, at 14:53, Mark Ryden wrote:

> But I do not have /dev/misc/evtchn !
> (as ls /dev/misc/evtchn shows).
> On the other hand I *DO* have /dev/xen/evtchn and it seems to me that
> other modules in tools use /dev/xen/evtchn and not /dev/misc/evtchn.
>
> What is the truth behind this mystery ?
It'll appear under /dev/misc/evtchn only if you have devfs enabled 
(which is unlikely as it is removed from 2.6.13). Instead 
/dev/xe/evtchn has to be manually created by userspace.
The correct answer is probably to use udev to set up /dev/xen/evtchn.

 -- Keir


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