Jürgen Keil wrote: >>> There is a problem with the PV network driver xnf (bug 6703227): >>> when it receives packets before the xnf interface is plumbed and >>> started, subsequent packets are not seen be the guest >>> domain. >>> >>> The guest's network interface appears to be dead for >>> several minutes, but eventually recovers. >> Through my personal experience SNV PV DomU at SNV Dom0 in >> DHCP mode became an issue for me since i bought Zyxel P-660RT Modem >> acting as DHCP bridge (about end of march 2008) . The dates in CR 6703227 are >> surprising me. Probably i misunderstand CR 6703227. >> I also cannot find SNV build number against what the bug was reported. >> What i usually do is SNV PV DomU at Linux Dom0 in DHCP >> mode and it worked and works with no problems. > > I think the xnf bug was always present, but might have been masked > by the dom0 network backend driver.
Yes. > For a Solaris dom0, the backend > network driver xnb was optimized in snv_81 (CR 6616384) and I suspect > that this uncovered bug 6703227. > > I'm not sure how the Linux Dom0 network backend driver works, but maybe > using linux dom0 network backend with a solaris domU network frontend > masks the xnf bug, too. Yep. It's a race linux probably just misses the window. MRJ _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
