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Subject: Re: Failed to set up the build environment =?utf-8?Q?for=E2=80=A6?=
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ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes:

> Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:
>
>>> Another idea: does your machine have /dev/kvm?
>>
>> No.
>
> That=E2=80=99s indeed the problem:
>
>> 20584 stat("/dev/kvm", 0x7fff2745d348)  =3D -1 ENOENT (No such file or d=
irectory)
>> 20584 futex(0x7f01cf335404, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) =3D 0
>> 20584 write(2, "build error: getting attributes "..., 78) =3D 78
>> 20584 exit_group(189)                   =3D ?
>
> For now, the =E2=80=9Csolution=E2=80=9D is to create it like this:
>
>   sudo mknod /dev/kvm c 10 232

This is very troubling to me.  KVM is not supported on my primary
platform (Loongson).

      Mark