Re: port-xen/44743: Network doesn't work on DomU NetBSD 5.1 which is run on Debian Squeeze Dom0 (Xen 4)

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-xen/44743; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: port-xen-maintainer%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-xen/44743: Network doesn't work on DomU NetBSD 5.1 which is
 run on Debian Squeeze Dom0 (Xen 4)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:43:18 +0100

 On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 04:15:00PM +0000, bbartlomiej%gmail.com@localhost 
wrote:
 > >Description:
 > Hi!
 > I've upgraded a Xen dom0 server from debian lenny (linux 2.6.26-i386) to 
 > squeeze (linux 2.6.32-5 with pvops, Xen 4) and can't netinstall a NetBSD 5.1 
 > DomU. The network under netbsd domu just isn't working (other Linux DomUs 
 > work just fine). The vif on dom0 is created correctly (through 
 > network-bridge script from /etc/xen), the xennet0 is recognized in the 
 > netbsd-INSTALL_XEN3PAE_DOMU.gz, I can add an IP address to it and ping it 
 > (and 127.0.0.1) but nothing more. I've read that there was some problems 
 > with flip/copy mode on Xen 4 but it was fixed in 5.1 (according to 
 > CHANGELOG).
 
 No, copy mode support was added to the backend (dom0) before 5.1, but
 it was added to the frontend (domU) after 5.1 was released. So you need
 something newer from the netbsd-5 branch.
 
 -- 
 Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
      NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
 --