Re: vifs not working?

[Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost>]

Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 04:43:51PM +0200, Christoph Egger wrote:
> > > XenbusStateInitialising 
> > >
> > > > and 5.
> > > XenbusStateClosing
> > >
> > > > The scripts handle 2 and 6.
> > > > That makes the user look like the scripts not working.
> > > The problem here is that the device doesn't switch to state
> > > XenbusStateInitWait. Thsi could mean that xbdback_xenbus_create() is
> > > never called, or that an error occurs. In the second case there
> > > should be an error on dom0 console and dmesg.
> > xbdbackattach() is called.
> > xbdback_xenbus_create() is never called.
>
> It's supposed to be called from xenbus. I don't know why it's not called
> in your case; is it with xen 3.1.4 or 3.2.1 ?

on both.

> > Additionally, the block script is invoked a second time for the console
> > and $xstatus with value 1:
> >
> > xenstore-read: couldn't read path /local/domain/0/backend/console/7/0/type
>
> that's expected, but it should be harmless.

why is this expected? what is the connection of a console to a vbd ?

Christoph