Chuck Short wrote:
> Attached patch. Please apply.
>
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 5:35 PM, James Blackwell <jblack@merconline.com> wrote:
>> Hirano's patch, is very small and looks easy to read. Users that have
>> tries Hiram's tiny patch have reported that domUs are fixed without
>> affecting dom0s negatively.
>>
>> His patch is at:
>> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13564638/004-xen-netfront-fix.patch
>>
>> Found attached to this bug:
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/218126
>>
>> Regards,
>> James
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 10:54:52AM -0400, Todd Deshane wrote:
>> > I just noticed that someone posted fixes for the netfront (xennet) driver:
>> >
>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/218126
>> >
>> > It is a really small patch, is there any chance it can get a freeze
>> > exception?
>> >
>> > It would make it a lot easier on all of us trying to use Xen especially if
>> > it fixes the bug.
>> >
>> > Packages are posted within both the linux bug above and also to the network
>> > bug noted below.
>> >
>> > I don't know if they work on hardy dom0 or not, I will test the packages as
>> > soon as I can, hopefully others can test too.
>> >
>> > Todd
>> >
>> > On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Todd Deshane <deshantm@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Hi James,
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:58 PM, James Blackwell <jblack@merconline.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Hello,
>> > > >
>> > > > I'm trying to locate more information about the Xen problem with
>> > > > linux-image-2.6.24-16-xen. The bug causes a failure of bridging between
>> > > > Dom0 and DomU, as documented in :
>> > > >
>> > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/204010
>> > > >
>> > > > What are the chances of seeing a new DomU kernel before hardy release?
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > I don't think that it is likely due to the kernel freeze. I am hopping
>> > > that maybe shortly after the release, we can at least get a working lppa for
>> > > it. Maybe Chuck Short would be willing to host it?
>> > >
>> > > Upstream support in Linux is coming along pretty well. It was just bad
>> > > timing that this bug cropped up for the hardy release. I still wonder if
>> > > there is a chance for fixes to get in for 8.04.1 (Idea: take the latest
>> > > xennet driver code and port it to the hardy kernel)?
>> > >
>> > > Going forward, Hardy+1 should be able to take advantage of the work Red
>> > > Hat has been doing getting support into mainline.
>> > >
>> > > I hope that as the kernel team gets some time they can give us there
>> > > opinions on these topics. There seem to be many that would like to help.
>> > >
>> > > Hardy is a big step forward, it was just a difficult release period to
>> > > support Xen, even Fedora 9 didn't release a dom0 kernel. Xen from source
>> > > should work well for most people that need current Xen support. Going
>> > > forward the future looks brighter for Xen support within the distros.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Best Regards,
>> > > Todd
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > Thanks in advance,
>> > > >
>> > > > James
>> > > >
>> > > >
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