diff -urpNX linux-2.6.32.7/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.32.7/arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.S linux-2.6.32.7-xen-netconsole/arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.S
--- linux-2.6.32.7/arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.S	2010-02-14 09:21:54.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.6.32.7-xen-netconsole/arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.S	2010-02-14 15:46:52.000000000 +1100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .section ".rodata.compressed","a",@progbits
 .globl z_input_len
-z_input_len = 2406261
+z_input_len = 2406344
 .globl z_output_len
 z_output_len = 11827328
 .globl z_extract_offset
diff -urpNX linux-2.6.32.7/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.32.7/arch/x86/boot/zoffset.h linux-2.6.32.7-xen-netconsole/arch/x86/boot/zoffset.h
--- linux-2.6.32.7/arch/x86/boot/zoffset.h	2010-02-14 09:21:54.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.6.32.7-xen-netconsole/arch/x86/boot/zoffset.h	2010-02-14 15:46:52.000000000 +1100
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 #define ZO_startup_32 0x0000000000000000
 #define ZO_z_extract_offset 0x0000000000905000
 #define ZO_z_extract_offset_negative 0xffffffffff6fb000
-#define ZO_z_input_len 0x000000000024b775
+#define ZO_z_input_len 0x000000000024b7c8
 #define ZO_z_output_len 0x0000000000b47880
diff -urpNX linux-2.6.32.7/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.32.7/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c linux-2.6.32.7-xen-netconsole/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
--- linux-2.6.32.7/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c	2009-12-03 14:51:21.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.6.32.7-xen-netconsole/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c	2010-02-14 15:51:51.000000000 +1100
@@ -989,6 +989,15 @@ err:
 	return work_done;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
+static void xennet_netpoll(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct netfront_info *np = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	napi_schedule(&np->napi);
+}
+#endif
+
 static int xennet_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int mtu)
 {
 	int max = xennet_can_sg(dev) ? 65535 - ETH_HLEN : ETH_DATA_LEN;
@@ -1113,6 +1122,9 @@ static const struct net_device_ops xenne
 	.ndo_change_mtu	     = xennet_change_mtu,
 	.ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
 	.ndo_validate_addr   = eth_validate_addr,
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
+	.ndo_poll_controller = xennet_netpoll,
+#endif
 };
 
 static struct net_device * __devinit xennet_create_dev(struct xenbus_device *dev)
@@ -1181,6 +1193,9 @@ static struct net_device * __devinit xen
 
 	np->netdev = netdev;
 
+	/* Set MAC to temporary (non-zero) value so that netconsole initialises */
+	netdev->dev_addr[ETH_ALEN - 1] = 1;
+
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 
 	return netdev;