Re: [Xen-users] PV networking issue in 2.6.38.6 and 2.6.39-rc7

[Mario <mario@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/15/2011 07:20 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 08:03:45PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 06:41:25PM +0200, Mario wrote:
> > > On 05/15/2011 06:34 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > > > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 06:24:11PM +0200, Mario wrote:
> > > > > On 05/15/2011 06:12 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > > > > > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 06:02:02PM +0200, Mario wrote:
> > > > > > > On 05/15/2011 05:53 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 02:36:11PM +0200, Mario wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hey everyone,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I have been trying to make Xen-4.1.0 work on kernels mentioned in the
> > > > > > > > > subject, without much sucess. HVM guests are not affected, only PV.
> > > > > > > > Below you mention gentoo xenlinux patches..
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > So please be more specific about which kernel was vanilla (pvops),
> > > > > > > > and which kernels had some external patches applied..
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > -- Pasi
> > > > > > > Sorry, both kernels in subject were vanilla from kernel.org, with xen
> > > > > > > options selected for dom0 usage.
> > > > > > > I only wanted to point out that networking works if i use kernel patched
> > > > > > > with rebased gentoo patches.
> > > > > > > I am talking only about dom0 kernel here, domU kernel does not seem to
> > > > > > > be the source of the problem.
> > > > > > OK. What kernel is the PV domU running? What Xen version are you using? 4.1 ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -- Pasi
> > > > > Well, i have tried following kernels in domU:
> > > > >
> > > > > 2.6.31.6 (i got this one from stacklet)
> > > > > 2.6.37.6-domU
> > > > > 2.6.33.4-domU
> > > > Are these pvops/vanilla or with some patches?
> > > Those are pvops/vanilla, no patches.
> > >
> > >
> > > > > 2.6.38.6-xen (dom0 kernel)
> > > > > 2.6.34.7-xen (dom0 kernel)
> > > > > 2.6.39-rc7-xen (dom0 kernel)
> > > > >
> > > > > None of them made any difference, they were all complaining about vif.
> > > > > Yeah, I am running Xen 4.1
> > > > Are you using xm/xend or xl/libxl toolstack?
> > > I am using xl/libxl with Xen 4.1
> > Ok. Have you tried Jeremy's xen.git xen/stable-2.6.32.x as a dom0 kernel?
> > It would be interesting to know if that works for you or not.
> Btw. Did you realize upstream 2.6.38 / 2.6.39 does not yet have
> xen-blkback driver included? also blktap2 driver is missing.
>
> So you you can only use the phy: or file: backends, assuming Xen 4.1,
> which has the (slow) fallback qemu-based userspace blkback implementation.
>
> -- Pasi
Yes i have, but seeing that HVM networking works, i wanted to report the 
PV one that doesn't.
m.


> > > > > > > > > Error that i see in dmesg on the domU:
> > > > > > > > > XENBUS: Timeout connecting to device: device/vif/0 (state 1)
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > ifconfig -a on domU shows MAC address: 00:00:00:00:00:00
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > dom0 doesn't have any vif/tap interfaces assigned to domU when i do
> > > > > > > > > brctl show or ifconfig -a
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I don't see any errors worth mentioning in /var/log/xen, except mybe
> > > > > > > > > these two:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > /tmp/SBo/xen-4.1.0/tools/ioemu-qemu-xen/hw/xen_blktap.c:628: Init blktap
> > > > > > > > > pipes
> > > > > > > > > Could not open /var/run/tap/qemu-read-2
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Problem goes away when i boot 2.6.34.7 (it is the last kernel that i
> > > > > > > > > have built with gentoo rebased patches).
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > If there is something i can do to help debug this please do let me know.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > > > > mario
> > > > > > > > >
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