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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:11:54 +0100
From: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] kqemu failure
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Hello,

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:58:38 +0100, katakombi <katakombi@web.de> wrote:
> Hi pals,
> 
>   I succeeded in building the kernel module, but if I modprobe it tells me
> 
> root@1[katakombi]# modprobe kqemu
> FATAL: Error inserting kqemu (/lib/modules/2.6.7/misc/kqemu.ko): Device or
> resourcebusy
> 
> or (on console, additionally):
> kqemu: could not get major 254

Something on your system is probably already using major 254. A wild
guess is the pcmcia stuff. Have a look at the majors in use in
/proc/devices. Try "cat /proc/devices | grep 254" and see what comes
out.

Try to patch the code with the major changing patches posted to this list.

Good luck!

/ magnus