Xen networking on Hardy

[Tim Gardner]

Chuck Short wrote:
> Attached patch. Please apply.
> 
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 5:35 PM, James Blackwell <jblack at merconline.com> wrote:
>>  Hirano's patch, is very small and looks easy to read.  Users that have
>>  tries Hiram's tiny patch have reported that domUs are fixed without
>>  affecting dom0s negatively.
>>
>>  His patch is at:
>>  http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13564638/004-xen-netfront-fix.patch
>>
>>  Found attached to this bug:
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/218126
>>
>>  Regards,
>>  James
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 10:54:52AM -0400, Todd Deshane wrote:
>>  > I just noticed that someone posted fixes for the netfront (xennet) driver:
>>  >
>>  > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/218126
>>  >
>>  > It is a really small patch, is there any chance it can get a freeze
>>  > exception?
>>  >
>>  > It would make it a lot easier on all of us trying to use Xen especially if
>>  > it fixes the bug.
>>  >
>>  > Packages are posted within both the linux bug above and also to the network
>>  > bug noted below.
>>  >
>>  > I don't know if they work on hardy dom0 or not, I will test the packages as
>>  > soon as I can, hopefully others can test too.
>>  >
>>  > Todd
>>  >
>>  > On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Todd Deshane <deshantm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  >
>>  > >
>>  > > Hi James,
>>  > >
>>  > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:58 PM, James Blackwell <jblack at merconline.com>
>>  > > wrote:
>>  > >
>>  > > > Hello,
>>  > > >
>>  > > > I'm trying to locate more information about the Xen problem with
>>  > > > linux-image-2.6.24-16-xen. The bug causes a failure of bridging between
>>  > > > Dom0 and DomU, as documented in :
>>  > > >
>>  > > >  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/204010
>>  > > >
>>  > > > What are the chances of seeing a new DomU kernel before hardy release?
>>  > > >
>>  > >
>>  > > I don't think that it is likely due to the kernel freeze. I am hopping
>>  > > that maybe shortly after the release, we can at least get a working lppa for
>>  > > it. Maybe Chuck Short would be willing to host it?
>>  > >
>>  > > Upstream support in Linux is coming along pretty well. It was just bad
>>  > > timing that this bug cropped up for the hardy release. I still wonder if
>>  > > there is a chance for fixes to get in for 8.04.1 (Idea: take the latest
>>  > > xennet driver code and port it to the hardy kernel)?
>>  > >
>>  > > Going forward, Hardy+1 should be able to take advantage of the work Red
>>  > > Hat has been doing getting support into mainline.
>>  > >
>>  > > I hope that as the kernel team gets some time they can give us there
>>  > > opinions on these topics. There seem to be many that would like to help.
>>  > >
>>  > > Hardy is a big step forward, it was just a difficult release period to
>>  > > support Xen, even Fedora 9 didn't release a dom0 kernel. Xen from source
>>  > > should work well for most people that need current Xen support. Going
>>  > > forward the future looks brighter for Xen support within the distros.
>>  > >
>>  > >
>>  > > Best Regards,
>>  > > Todd
>>  > >
>>  > >
>>  > >
>>  > > > Thanks in advance,
>>  > > >
>>  > > > James
>>  > > >
>>  > > >
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