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From: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
Subject: Re: vif backend configuration times out
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:59:50 +0200
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On Fri, Aug 10, Olaf Hering wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 09, Olaf Hering wrote:
> 
> > Indeed, netback_probe is appearently never called in my case. I will
> > check why that happens.
> 
> What I have seen so far is that in 4.2+xl the vif driver is not
> registered, while in 4.1+xm there is a vif driver registered. Thats so
> far the difference I could spot.

Argh, I was expecting that required kernel drivers are loaded when
needed. But thats not the case. There is a workaround or fix for pvops
in 25728:a6edbc39fc84. But this changeset misses at least netbk and
blkbk.

Any idea why that changeset is now needed?
Why did it work for everyone before?

Olaf