Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: do not disable netfront in dom0

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 16:58 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Sun, 20 May 2012, Marek Marczykowski wrote:
> > Netfront driver can be also useful in dom0, eg when all NICs are assigned to
> > some domU (aka driver domain). Then using netback in domU and netfront in 
> > dom0
> > is the only way to get network access in dom0.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/xen-netfront.c |    3 ---
> >  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> > index 698b905..e5a161a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> > @@ -1953,9 +1953,6 @@ static int __init netif_init(void)
> >     if (!xen_domain())
> >             return -ENODEV;
> >  
> > -   if (xen_initial_domain())
> > -           return 0;
> > -
> >     printk(KERN_INFO "Initialising Xen virtual ethernet driver.\n");
> >  
> >     return xenbus_register_frontend(&netfront_driver);
> 
> you need something similar in netif_exit too

Do we need this in other *foo*front as well? e.g. block?

Ian.



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