Re: After switching from "xm" to "xl" toolstack, can't get Guest networking to work.

[Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>]

erin.balid@inoutbox.com wrote:
> Hi Jim.
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012, at 08:55 AM, Jim Fehlig wrote:
>   
>> Generally speaking, xen.org documentation applies to the xen packages in openSUSE.
>>     
>
> Okay then.  That simplifies life.  Thanks.
>
> What will be the best place to track fixes to this issue in
> Opensuse-land?  Xen-users list?  Opensuse-virtual list?

bugzilla.novell.com

>  I'd like to get
> off _this_ list if possible.  I don't really fit here.  Unless it really
> is the right forum to follow.
>   

Yes, let's stop this thread here :-).  This is a downstream issue.

> I got your comment that you'd look for fixes in the Opensuse 12.2
> time-frame.  As I read the openSUSE Roadmap, the scheduled release date
> for openSUSE 12.2 is July 2012.
>
> We won't switch to a new OS release until after it's in production.  We
> _are_ willing to use a few non-production repositories for key packages.
>  Xen's one of them.
>
> Should we plan to see these Xen fixes in a shorter timeframe in a repo
> built for use with 12.1 release/kernel prior to that 12.2 release date?

We do maintenance on virtualization packages in openSUSE, so a fix for
this could be delivered to the openSUSE12.1 update repository.  But the
process starts with a bugzilla entry...

Regards,
Jim