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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][RFC] do ifdown netdev before shutting down vif0

To: "Kirk Allan" <kallan@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][RFC] do ifdown netdev before shutting down vif0
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:11:59 +0100
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> I've been trying to track down an occasional system hang when doing
> /etc/xen/scripts/network-bridge stop.  Would it be reasonable to do
the
> fdown ${netdev} and then set  ${vif0} down to provide ifdown with a
> behavior that is as close as possible to a real network card?

Does this fix the hang? 

Making changes to this script in the past has been extremely painful as
it invariably breaks one distro or another -- usually gentoo :)

Would be good to have some other eyes look at this. 

Ian

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