Re: [Xen-devel] Patch fixing vlan handling when network-bridge scriptis used

[Michael Brade <brade@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 19 August 2010 19:59:06 you wrote:
> Michael Brade writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] Patch fixing vlan handling when 
network-bridge scriptis used"):
> > But I had to add the "ethtool -K $vif tx off" to vif-bridge to fix the
> > checksums error. Maybe this could be added by default with a check for
> > ethtool?
> 
> Are we still having this bug ?  I tripped over this about 4 years ago
> when I was just a user of Xen ...

wow... I also thought this must have been fixed already but I didn't find a 
message saying so, nor did I see a patch for it so I concluded ethtool was the 
way to go.

> Can you describe the setup in which you had to do the -K tx off ?

yup: 
  dom0:
    * running xen-testing from staging, kernel 2.6.32.19 with pvops
    * network interfaces: peth0, peth1, ppp0
    * bridges: eth0, eth1
    * local net is on bridge eth1 with domUs connected there
    * internet is on ppp0
  domU:
    * running PV-GRUB, kernel 2.6.32.19 as above, but stripped down to 
      the bare minimum
    * only one network interface, dhcp to dom0

relevant domU config:

kernel      = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/pv-grub-x86_64.gz"
extra       = "(hd0)/boot/grub/menu.lst"
disk        = [ 'tap2:tapdisk:aio:/..../root.img,xvda1,w', 
                'tap2:tapdisk:aio:/..../var.img,xvda2,w' ]

boot='c'
sdl=0
vnc=1
vncunused=1
stdvga=1

vif         = [ 'mac=...., bridge=eth1' ]


grub menu.lst:

title vmlinuz-2.6.32.19-domU
   root (hd0)
   kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.19 console=hvc0 root=/dev/xvda1 ro

If I leave the -K tx off out then I won't even get a dhcp connection in domU.

And btw, vnc doesn't work either, despite the vnc=1. There is no open port, no 
idea why yet. Only xm console is available. If I start a domU with HVM it 
works.

Here's xm list --long:

(domain
    (domid 2)
    (cpu_weight 256)
    (cpu_cap 0)
    (on_crash restart)
    (uuid .....)
    (bootloader_args )
    (vcpus 1)
    (name .....)
    (on_poweroff destroy)
    (on_reboot restart)
    (cpus (()))
    (description )
    (bootloader )
    (maxmem 512)
    (memory 512)
    (shadow_memory 0)
    (features )
    (on_xend_start ignore)
    (on_xend_stop ignore)
    (start_time 1282234728.43)
    (cpu_time 16.594413607)
    (online_vcpus 1)
    (image
        (linux
            (kernel /usr/lib/xen/boot/pv-grub-x86_64.gz)
            (args '(hd0)/boot/grub/menu.lst')
            (superpages 0)
            (tsc_mode 0)
            (videoram 4)
            (pci ())
            (nomigrate 0)
            (notes)
        )
    )
    (status 2)
    (state -b----)
    (store_mfn 1815884)
    (console_mfn 1815883)
    (device
        (vif
            (bridge eth1)
            (mac ....)
            (script '/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge bridge=eth1')
            (uuid ....)
            (backend 0)
        )
    )
    (device
        (console
            (protocol vt100)
            (location 2)
            (uuid ....)
        )
    )
    (device
        (tap2
            (protocol x86_64-abi)
            (uuid ....)
            (bootable 1)
            (dev xvda1:disk)
            (uname
                tap:tapdisk:aio:/..../root.img
            )
            (mode w)
            (backend 0)
            (VDI )
        )
    )
    (device
        (tap2
            (protocol x86_64-abi)
            (uuid ....)
            (bootable 0)
            (dev xvda2:disk)
            (uname
                tap:tapdisk:aio:/..../var.img
            )
            (mode w)
            (backend 0)
            (VDI )
        )
    )
)

Hope this helps!

thanks,
-- 
Michael Brade;                                              KDE Developer
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