Index: root/xen-unstable.hg/tools/python/xen/xend/XendPIF.py
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--- root.orig/xen-unstable.hg/tools/python/xen/xend/XendPIF.py
+++ root/xen-unstable.hg/tools/python/xen/xend/XendPIF.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from xen.xend import XendAPIStore
 from xen.xend.XendBase import XendBase
 from xen.xend.XendPIFMetrics import XendPIFMetrics
 from xen.xend.XendError import *
+from xen.xend import Vifctl
 
 log = logging.getLogger("xend.XendPIF")
 log.setLevel(logging.TRACE)
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ log.setLevel(logging.TRACE)
 MAC_RE = re.compile(':'.join(['[0-9a-f]{2}'] * 6))
 IP_IFACE_RE = re.compile(r'^\d+: (\w+):.*mtu (\d+) .* link/\w+ ([0-9a-f:]+)')
 
+
+Vifctl.network('start')
+
 def linux_phy_to_virt(pif_name):
     return 'eth' + re.sub(r'^[a-z]+', '', pif_name)
 
Index: root/xen-unstable.hg/tools/python/xen/xend/server/SrvServer.py
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--- root.orig/xen-unstable.hg/tools/python/xen/xend/server/SrvServer.py
+++ root/xen-unstable.hg/tools/python/xen/xend/server/SrvServer.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ from threading import Thread
 from xen.web.httpserver import HttpServer, UnixHttpServer
 
 from xen.xend import XendNode, XendOptions, XendAPI
-from xen.xend import Vifctl
 from xen.xend.XendLogging import log
 from xen.xend.XendClient import XEN_API_SOCKET
 from xen.xend.XendDomain import instance as xenddomain
@@ -101,8 +100,6 @@ class XendServers:
         if status:
             fcntl.fcntl(status, fcntl.F_SETFD, fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC)
         
-        Vifctl.network('start')
-
         # Prepare to catch SIGTERM (received when 'xend stop' is executed)
         # and call each server's cleanup if possible
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.cleanup)