Re: [Xen-users] xen without xenbr0

[Alexander Hoßdorf <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In my case I only had to start xend.
Then there was no more ethernet connectivity and xen bridges did not 
come up.
And yes, it was a 32 bit system.
I had downloaded the bnx2 drivers from broadcom and compiled them from 
source.
I don't know the version exactly any more, but I can say version 1.6.9 
works well for me.
I think downloading the latest driver and then building it from source 
ois the safest way?!
Cheers,
Alex

Todd Deshane schrieb:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Alexander Hoßdorf
> <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > If you're running a Dell PowerEdge you have a Broadcom ethernet Adapter,
> > right?
> > Are you using the bnx2 module?
> >
> > I had the same issues using debian.
> > There is a bug in this driver, that freezes the driver when used with xen.
> >     
> What is a use case that makes it freeze?
>
> Could it be specific to 32bit?
>
> I've haven't (yet) seem any problems on 64 bit.
>
> We are using the drivers that come with 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5xen + CentOS 5.2
>
> Cheers,
> Todd
>
>
>
>   
> > The newest version which you can download from broadcom fixes this.
> >
> > What version of bnx2 do you have?
> >
> > Might this perhaps be your problem?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Alex
> >
> >
> >
> > Jia Rao schrieb:
> >     
> > > Unfortunately, the eth0 starts to fail sometimes when xend is started
> > > (better than the previous NIC driver, with previous one, eth0 fails even
> > > without starting xend, and I can not see xenbr0). Right now, there are
> > > xenbr0 and xenbr1 in ifconfig -a.
> > >
> > > I am trying to disable the management firmware in the NIC now...
> > >
> > > Jia.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Jia Rao <rickenrao@xxxxxxxxx
> > > <mailto:rickenrao@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > >
> > >    I am running Xen 3.1 compiled from source and REHL 4.5 shipped
> > >    with Dell PowerEdge 1950 III.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >    On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Todd Deshane <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx
> > >    <mailto:deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > >
> > >        On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Jia Rao <rickenrao@xxxxxxxxx
> > >        <mailto:rickenrao@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > >        > We got the PowerEdge III Boxes a month ago.
> > >        >
> > >
> > >  http://mywiki.ncsa.uiuc.edu/wiki/Dell_PE1950_NIC_Firmware_Workaround
> > >        is the
> > >        > solution I found. However I did not have any CD with me, so
> > >        I tried to
> > >        > upgrade the NIC driver first as indicated by the following
> > >        link in Citrix
> > >        > forum
> > >        >
> > >        http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=151786&tstart=0
> > >        <http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=151786&tstart=0>
> > >        >
> > >        > I worked for me, but some guys in Citrix forum said it still
> > >        has some
> > >        > problems after one week running.
> > >        >
> > >
> > >        What version of Xen and distro are you running?
> > >
> > >
> > >        --
> > >        Todd Deshane
> > >        http://todddeshane.net
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> > >
> > >
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