AW: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

[Giovanni Bellac <giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello

is it in interest, to fix this issue ?

Best regards
Gio

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Von: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
An: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
CC: Giovanni Bellac <giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx>; Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Gesendet: Dienstag, den 7. September 2010, 16:01:14 Uhr
Betreff: RE: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pasi Kärkkäinen [mailto:pasik@xxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 September 2010 14:46
> To: Paul Durrant
> Cc: Giovanni Bellac; Ian Campbell; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support
> for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers
>
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 01:26:04PM +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
> >    Presumably the tools are creating a /local/domain/3/console/0
> entry if you
> >    don't specify VNC; it's another example of the same issue you
> saw before.
> >
> >    The Citrix PV drivers are not routinely tested on xen-unstable;
> you need
> >    to tweak your tools to give them the environment they expect
> (which is
> >    that the only thing under /local/domain/XXX/device are vbd and
> vif nodes).
> >
>
> I guess the behaviour of Citrix PV drivers has changed recently?
> The drivers from XCP 0.1.x worked OK on Xen 4.0 earlier..
>

I don't think so. I think the fe close code has been static for a while, whereas the tools, mostly libxl, have seen massive churn of late.

  Paul

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