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Re: [Xen-devel] unstable network trouble

To: Ewan Mellor <ewan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] unstable network trouble
From: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:58:10 +0100
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Hmm, no, seems to be a missing hotplug event.

Sticked some printk's into the net backend, looks like a xenbus issue:

domU boot with broken network:

  netback_probe: add backend watch
  netback_probe: add frontend watch
  netback_probe: done
  frontend_changed: called
  frontend_changed: called
  frontend_changed: called
  frontend_changed: called

domU boot with working network:

  netback_probe: add backend watch
  netback_probe: add frontend watch
  netback_probe: done
  backend_changed: called
  backend_changed: hotplug online
  netback_hotplug: called
  frontend_changed: called
  frontend_changed: called
  device vif2.0 entered promiscuous mode
  xenbr0: port 3(vif2.0) entering learning state
  xenbr0: topology change detected, propagating
  xenbr0: port 3(vif2.0) entering forwarding state
  frontend_changed: called
  frontend_changed: called
  frontend_changed: called

Note that backend_changed is never called in the first case.

cheers,

  Gerd


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