RE: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

[Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I’m not going to get time to look at this in the near future. It would be nice to get things working again though so if there are any volunteers…

 

  Paul

 

From: Giovanni Bellac [mailto:giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 September 2010 15:04
To: Paul Durrant
Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: AW: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

 

Hello

is it in interest, to fix this issue ?

Best regards
Gio

 

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Von: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
An: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
CC: Giovanni Bellac <giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx>; Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Gesendet: Dienstag, den 7. September 2010, 16:01:14 Uhr
Betreff: RE: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pasi Kärkkäinen [mailto:pasik@xxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 September 2010 14:46
> To: Paul Durrant
> Cc: Giovanni Bellac; Ian Campbell; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support
> for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers
>
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 01:26:04PM +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
> >    Presumably the tools are creating a /local/domain/3/console/0
> entry if you
> >    don't specify VNC; it's another example of the same issue you
> saw before.
> >
> >    The Citrix PV drivers are not routinely tested on xen-unstable;
> you need
> >    to tweak your tools to give them the environment they expect
> (which is
> >    that the only thing under /local/domain/XXX/device are vbd and
> vif nodes).
> >
>
> I guess the behaviour of Citrix PV drivers has changed recently?
> The drivers from XCP 0.1.x worked OK on Xen 4.0 earlier..
>

I don't think so. I think the fe close code has been static for a while, whereas the tools, mostly libxl, have seen massive churn of late.

  Paul

 

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