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diff --git a/scripts/poky-qemu-internal b/scripts/poky-qemu-internal
index c3720d9ce2..0ea38eef60 100755
--- a/scripts/poky-qemu-internal
+++ b/scripts/poky-qemu-internal
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ if [ -z "$QEMU_MEMORY" ]; then
fi
+# This flag file is created when poky-gen-tapdevs creates a bank of
+# tap devices, indicating that the user does not have sudo privs.
+NOSUDO_FLAG="/etc/poky-nosudo"
+
QEMUIFUP=`which poky-qemu-ifup`
QEMUIFDOWN=`which poky-qemu-ifdown`
@@ -81,6 +85,13 @@ for tap in $POSSIBLE; do
done
if [ "$TAP" = "" ]; then
+ if [ -e "$NOSUDO_FLAG" ]; then
+ echo "Error: There are no available tap devices to use for networking,"
+ echo "and I see $NOSUDO_FLAG exists, so I am not going to try creating"
+ echo "a new one with sudo."
+ exit 1
+ fi
+
GROUPID=`id -g`
echo 'Setting up tap interface under sudo'
tap=`sudo $QEMUIFUP $GROUPID $POKY_NATIVE_SYSROOT`