Re: misc/46701: no network interface on NetBSD 5.1.2 guest

[Masanobu SAITOH <msaitoh%execsw.org@localhost>]

(2012/07/14 1:40), nick.nolan%comcast.net@localhost wrote:
>> Number:         46701
>> Category:       misc
>> Synopsis:       no network interface on NetBSD 5.1.2 guest
>> Confidential:   no
>> Severity:       non-critical
>> Priority:       medium
>> Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>> State:          open
>> Class:          sw-bug
>> Submitter-Id:   net
>> Arrival-Date:   Fri Jul 13 16:40:00 +0000 2012
>> Originator:     Nickolas
>> Release:        5.1.2
>> Organization:
>> Environment:
> NetBSD  5.1.2 NetBSD 5.1.2 (GENERIC) #0: Thu Feb  2 17:22:10 UTC 2012  
> builds%b6.netbsd.org@localhost:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-1-RELEASE/i386/201202021012Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-1-2-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
>  i386
>> Description:
> It has been found that NetBSD 5.1.2 does not find any of the KVM/qemu 
> provided network interfaces  when running as a guest OS.
> 
> 
> link to the same issue found on forum:
> http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/8398-no-network-interface-on-NetBSD-5-1-2-guest
>> How-To-Repeat:
> install NetBSD 5.1.2 as a guest to a qemu/kvm hypervisor with any NIC 
> interface.
> 
> Attempt to configure networking either pre-install or post-install
> 
>> Fix:
> 

 This problem is not a NetBSD's bug but Qemu's bug. NetBSD 6.0 which
will be released in this month has the workaround for this bug.

        
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/pci/if_wm.c.diff?r1=1.229&r2=1.231&f=h

 And, I sent a pullup request to netbsd-5 to solve this problem.
If we will release NetBSD 5.2, the patch should be included.

 Thanks.

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