Subject: Re: domU network configuration in xen config file
To: Geert Hendrickx <ghen@telenet.be>
From: Dirk H. Schulz <dirk.schulz@kinzesberg.de>
List: port-xen
Date: 03/13/2006 10:08:45
Geert Hendrickx schrieb:

>On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 07:46:05AM +0100, Dirk H. Schulz wrote:
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>>As far as I know a Linux domU does NOT use these values. They are meant
>>for something different: If you have an IP address in your domU config
>>AND you have configured xen with "antispoof=yes", then packets are
>>bridged only from this ip address.
>>You can still setup up the domU with a different ip address internally,
>>then, but if you do it does not have network connectivity.
>>    
>>
>
>In my experience the Linux domU does use it.  I installed a Gentoo stage3
>image, without modifying anything but /etc/fstab, and booted it with a
>Linux domU kernel from the Xen distribution.  It used the network
>configuration from the Xen config file right out of the box.  
>  
>
Are we talking about xen  2.0.x or 3.0.x?

Dirk