Re: [Xen-users] 2.6.18.8 xen.org dom0 kernel w/RHEL 5 PV on HVM guests

[Andrew Evans <andrewe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/18/10 15:32, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> Hmm.. can you try with the RHEL5 default hypervisor (3.1.2) ?
> (and the 2.6.18-xen dom0 kernel) 
>
> Would be good to know if it makes any difference.
>   

I installed the xen-3.0.3 RPM (xm dmesg/xm info says 3.1.2 -- what the
heck is up with Red Hat's version numbering?) but am getting the dreaded
"Hotplug scripts not working" errors. Looks like a TUN/TAP problem:

$ cat qemu-dm.4910.log
domid: 2
qemu: the number of cpus is 7
Change xvda to look like hda
Change xvdb to look like hdb
Change xvdc to look like hdc
Watching /local/domain/2/logdirty/next-active
Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/2/command
/etc/xen/qemu-ifup: could not launch network script
Could not initialize device 'tap'

$ cat xend-debug.log.1
Xend started at Thu Mar 18 23:25:38 2010.
Nothing to flush.
Nothing to flush.
can't add tap0 to bridge eth0: Operation not supported
can't add tap0 to bridge eth0: Operation not supported

$ cat /etc/xen/qemu-ifup
#!/bin/sh

#. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
#ulimit -c unlimited

echo 'config qemu network with xen bridge for ' $*

ifconfig $1 0.0.0.0 up
brctl addif $2 $1

strace of `brctl addif eth0 tap0` shows:

ioctl(4, 0x89a2, 0x7fff724c1e50)        = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not
supported)
ioctl(4, SIOCDEVPRIVATE, 0x7fff724c1e50) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not
supported)
write(2, "can't add tap0 to bridge eth0: O"..., 55can't add tap0 to
bridge eth0: Operation not supported
) = 55
exit_group(1)                           = ?

I think the RHEL 5 2.6.18 dom0 kernel must support this ioctl, while the
xen.org 2.6.18.8 dom0 kernel must not. So RHEL 5's Xen 3.1.2 package on
xen.org 2.6.18.8 dom0 kernel looks like a dead end.

I'll go back to Xen 3.4.2 with xen.org 2.6.18.8 dom0. PV disk on HVM is
actually not very important to me at the moment.

-Andrew


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