Re: DOMU problem with vif

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:05:08AM -0800, Phil Nelson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>     I've finally had time to start using xen ... and have been setting
> up a set of 4 machines with xen.   I'm using NetBSD/amd64, 6.1.5
> as DOM0 and using xen 4.1.   On three of the 4 machines, I have
> successfully set up a couple of DOMU domains.   Using an identical
> setup (except MAC address) I've been having problems getting
> the 4th machine to run any DOMU domains.     It continues to return
> the error:
> 
> Error: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working.
> 
> I have a bridge created the same way as on the three working machines.
> 
> I have no clue where to go from here.   The machine has two real
> ethernet ports and have tried both of them with identical results.
> 
> I have finally checked the dmesg of all the DOM0 kernels and have 
> found that the three working ones are essentially identical, but there
> the non-working one has some more interesting differences.   Following
> is a unified diff from a working kernel and the non-working.  I'm
> wondering if there is anything here that could explain why I can't
> start a DOMU on the mc2 machine.

I don't think the problem is there. what do you have in 
/var/log/xenbackend.log (or /var/log/xen/xenbackend.log) ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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