> I just booted 2.6.38-0.rc4.git3.1.xendom0.fc15 on
> xen-4.1.0-0.1.rc4.fc14.x86_64. I end up with the xen_netback kernel
> module loaded:
>
> $ lsmod | grep net
> xen_netback 24607 0 [permanent]
>
> I'm not sure if this is what you were refering to by "indeed the hack
> stops xen-netback loading..."
The latest dom0 kernel and the latest xen rc should work unaltered.
The hack I referred to was an edit to a file from the xen rc to get
the previous dom0 kernel working.
I've looked more into my trouble, and it seems that "xl" does not want
to play nicely with the vif-route script.
First, the udev subsystem executes vif-setup after Xen creates the
vif device. For some reason, this script does not have $script defined
and so it defaults to vif-bridge. Once I changed it to run vif-route
things went further. I'm not entirely sure how $script is supposed to
be set, but it worked fine with xm.
Next, vif-route did not pick up $ip from my domain configuration's "vif =
[ 'ip=w.x.y.z' ]." When using xm, vif-route would find $ip set properly
and would create a route based on its value.
Networking between Dom0 and DomU works with a modified vif-setup script
and a manually added route. Once I get it going, networking seems to be
stable.
--
Mike
:wq