/dev/kqemu

[Eric Schuele]

dick hoogendijk wrote:
> Earlier I wrote:
> 
> <quote>
> Strangely enough starting qemu <options> [file] I get a warning
> "could not open '/dev/kqemu' - QEMU accellaration layer not activated"
> I kldloaded kqemu.ko and in /dev I see the device (666).
> </quote>
> 
> I have found out that only the FIRST user that starts QEMU on ht
> computer gets support for kqemu accellaration. Even if he closes hiw
> qemu session and logs off, another NEW user can start QEMU but gets NO
> accel support. The above error is put on the screen.
> 

Hmmm... after reading this post... I wondered if that was the problem I 
was experiencing.  But I retested on RELENG_6, and I am not seeing this 
behavior.

Is that your 4.x or your 5.x machine behaving that way?

> So, how come the device kqemu is not freed after I close the qemu
> session and keeps being "busy"?
> 
> Is there a solution I have overlooked to overcome this problem?
> 
> I looked into the user and kqemu online dox but can't find a thing
> relating to my problem. Who has some clues?
> 


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Regards,
Eric