On NetBSD a userland process is better with the character device interface. In addition, a block device can't be opened twice; if a Xen backend opens it, qemu can't and vice-versa.
diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c index 6b72470..64dceb1 100644 --- a/block/raw-posix.c +++ b/block/raw-posix.c @@ -136,12 +143,55 @@ static int64_t raw_getlength(BlockDriverState *bs); static int cdrom_reopen(BlockDriverState *bs); #endif +#if defined(__NetBSD__) +static int raw_normalize_devicepath(const char **filename) +{ + static char namebuf[PATH_MAX]; + const char *dp, *fname; + struct stat sb; + + fname = *filename; + dp = strrchr(fname, '/'); + if (lstat(fname, &sb) < 0) { + fprintf(stderr, "%s: stat failed: %s\n", + fname, strerror(errno)); + return -errno; + } + + if (!S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode)) { + return 0; + } + + if (dp == NULL) { + snprintf(namebuf, PATH_MAX, "r%s", fname); + } else { + snprintf(namebuf, PATH_MAX, "%.*s/r%s", + (int)(dp - fname), fname, dp + 1); + } + fprintf(stderr, "%s is a block device", fname); + *filename = namebuf; + fprintf(stderr, ", using %s\n", *filename); + + return 0; +} +#else +static int raw_normalize_devicepath(const char **filename) +{ + return 0; +} +#endif + static int raw_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int bdrv_flags, int open_flags) { BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque; int fd, ret; + ret = raw_normalize_devicepath(&filename); + if (ret != 0) { + return ret; + } + s->open_flags = open_flags | O_BINARY; s->open_flags &= ~O_ACCMODE; if (bdrv_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR) { -- ---to satisfy European Law for business letters: Advanced Micro Devices GmbH Einsteinring 24, 85689 Dornach b. Muenchen Geschaeftsfuehrer: Alberto Bozzo, Andrew Bowd Sitz: Dornach, Gemeinde Aschheim, Landkreis Muenchen Registergericht Muenchen, HRB Nr. 43632