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Re: [Xen-devel] unstable network trouble

To: Ewan Mellor <ewan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] unstable network trouble
From: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:43:38 +0200
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There does seem to be a problem with the hotplug scripts either not running at
all or bailing out early.

Hmm, no, seems to be a missing hotplug event.

I've added a debug line to xen-backend.rules:

SUBSYSTEM=="xen-backend", RUN+="/bin/logger -p daemon.debug -- xen-backend: $env{ACTION} %k"

A successfull start looks like this:

  Oct 27 17:34:50 master-xen logger: xen-backend: add vbd-19-768
  Oct 27 17:34:50 master-xen logger: xen-backend: add vbd-19-832
  Oct 27 17:34:50 master-xen logger: xen-backend: add vif-19-0
  Oct 27 17:34:50 master-xen logger: xen-backend: online vif-19-0

With broken network the "online" event is missing:

  Oct 27 17:35:31 master-xen logger: xen-backend: add vbd-20-832
  Oct 27 17:35:31 master-xen logger: xen-backend: add vbd-20-768
  Oct 27 17:35:31 master-xen logger: xen-backend: add vif-20-0

Oh, and btw, reboot doesn't work all the time either. Sometimes the domain comes up again as it should, and sometimes it doesn't.

cheers,

  Gerd

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