Xen in Hardy

[Leandro Pereira de Lima e Silva]

Todd,

I think that Canonical's choice for KVM have already made it clear that they
won't support Xen at least for a while.

Cheers, Leandro.

2008/4/11, Todd Deshane <deshantm at gmail.com>:
>
> Leandro see this bug:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/204010
>
> I have been trying bridging, but we think that the problem is with the
> driver, not the configuration.
>
> Andrew: Kernel Freeze for hardy is already hit, so if the problem is with
> the kernel then it is probably too late.Maybe the freeze will come off
> before after 8.04 releases and before the 8.04.1 release? In any case, let's
> do our best to keep the traffic on this list more productive and keep the
> bug traffic on the proper launchpad bugs.
>
> Xen is not yet offically supported by Canonical, so as such we need to do
> the best we can with the community effort. Let's see what we can do to make
> it functional, and then as Red Hat gets better support for Xen in mainline
> Linux, I am sure Canonical will revisit being able to support it.
>
> Best Regards,
> Todd
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Andrew Shugg <andrew at neep.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Leandro Pereira de Lima e Silva said:
> > > Todd,
> > >
> > > What kind of networking are you using? I'm trying to use vif-route and
> > > network-route without much success even using the ethtool command.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Leandro.
> > >
> > > 2008/4/3, Todd Deshane <deshantm at gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > > For the network problem can you give the following command a shot:
> > > >
> > > > ethtool -K eth0 tx off
> > > >
> > > > I plan to spend as much time as I can in ##xen on freenode and also
> > > > #xen on irc.oftc.net to try to get some advice.
> > > >
> > > > I would like to see a working system before hardy releases too :)
> > > >
> > > > Todd
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been arguing in private with Xen on Ubuntu for some months now and
> > am close to having a working domU on hardy.  The fact that hardy's
> > release date is so close has me worried, but anyway...
> >
> > Recently with xen 3.2 I've been able to create a bootable domU again
> > rather than something that just sat and spun its wheels.  Various
> > package updates have corrected issues with block devices, etc, and now
> > I'm stuck on networking.
> >
> > Using today's packages[1] I have created a new gutsy domU.  When I start
> > it I get:
> >
> > Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working.
> >
> > A bzip2-compressed 'script' file is attached[2], showing:
> >
> > xm dmesg
> > xm info
> > dpkg -l *xen*
> > xm log
> > cat /var/log/xen-tools/gutsy.log
> > cat /etc/xen/gutsy.cfg
> > sudo strace xm create /etc/xen/gutsy.cfg
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions?  I've tried Todd's ethtool suggestion but unfortunately
> > that made no difference that I could see ...
> >
> > It is not the same problem reported in launchpad[3] where the vif is up,
> > and packets come in, but don't go out (204010).
> >
> > Andrew.
> >
> >
> > [1]
> >
> > xen-hypervisor-3.2              3.2.0-0ubuntu10
> > xen-utils-3.2                   3.2.0-0ubuntu10
> > python-xen-3.2                  3.2.0-0ubuntu10
> > xen-tools                       3.8-4ubuntu4
> > linux-image-2.6.24-15-xen       2.6.24-15.27
> >
> >
> > [2]  'bzless' is one way to read it
> >
> >
> > [3]  For the curious:
> >
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-tools
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew Shugg <andrew at neep.com.au>
> > http://www.neep.com.au/
> >
> > "Just remember, Mr Fawlty, there's always someone worse off than
> > yourself."
> > "Is there?  Well I'd like to meet him.  I could do with a good laugh."
> >
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Leandro Pereira de Lima e Silva
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