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

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

The following reply was made to PR kern/46701; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Masanobu SAITOH <msaitoh%execsw.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: nick.nolan%comcast.net@localhost, misc-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, 
 gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, 
msaitoh%execsw.org@localhost
Subject: Re: misc/46701: no network interface on NetBSD 5.1.2 guest
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:24:56 +0900

 (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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