From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Don Dutile Subject: Re: PV HVM Linux drivers fail Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:17:44 -0400 Message-ID: <4C576028.3040808@redhat.com> References: Reply-To: ddutile@redhat.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Leo Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , "xen-users@lists.xensource.com" , Stefano Stabellini List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Leo wrote: > The code from 2.6.35-rc5-pvhvm-v6 works well! Thanks! I can access > /dev/hda created by blkfront. However, the netfront driver still can't > detect the MAC address of the nic if I unplug it. (If I don't unplug > it, 8139cp works with the device just fine) And this code there seems > to be no dependency on the loading order of platform-pci and > netfront/blkfront. > > > Leo > What does your xen guest config file look like? a dump of it on this thread may be interesting... > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Leo > wrote: > > Hi Stefano, > > Great. I will test the new code this weekend. I will also try to > figure how exactly the module initialization fails when all three > are compiled in. > > As for the network MAC address problem, the card is working just > fine if I don't unplug it and let 8139cp take over the device. So > the bridge is set up correctly, isn't it? > > > Thanks! > > Leo > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Stefano Stabellini > > wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Leo wrote: > > Thanks for the info Stefano. > > > > When I compile-in the three devices, it always get into the > XENBUS wait loop. Drivers loading order has always been a > > mystery to me (though I haven't spent much time on that.) > > > > I took some time to read the code again and do few tests: it > seems to me > that everything is working just fine in all cases. I am not sure > what's > wrong with your setup but I can boot my guest with all three > components > built-in or modules. > > > I am waiting for the new branch for the fix then. > > the new branch is ready, please give it a try and let me know. > > > Does the bug also affect netfront to not able to get the MAC > address? > > It's also what I'm seeing as well, described near the end of > my message. > > > > do you have a bridge correctly configured in your testbox? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel