port-xen/41768: Xen Network Backend

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>Number:         41768
>Category:       port-xen
>Synopsis:       Xen network backend doesn't implement copy method
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    port-xen-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 22 20:05:00 +0000 2009
>Originator:     Jonathan A. Kollasch
>Release:        NetBSD 5.99.15
>Organization:
        
>Environment:
        
        
System: NetBSD siwenna.kollasch.net 5.99.15 NetBSD 5.99.15 (SIWENNA) #0: Sat 
Jul 18 00:32:25 UTC 2009 
build%siwenna.kollasch.net@localhost:/local/build/HEAD-20090717-i386/objdir/sys/arch/i386/compile/SIWENNA
 i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
NetBSD/xen dom0 kernels can't network with modern Linux domUs.
See also:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-xen/2008/06/29/msg003950.html
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot vanilla kernel.org Linux domU on NetBSD dom0.
See how network fails to work.
>Fix:
Implement copy method of data transfer in the network backend.

>Unformatted: