xen discuss - May 2008 - Networking issues with OpenSolaris/Dom0 or VMware Fusion

Hi:

I got OpenSolaris 2008.05 running as dom0 under VmWare fusion
on my MacBook pro. Using the instructions from Dipleep''s blog
http://blogs.sun.com/dkumar/entry/how_to_create_domu_in

Everything seems okay except the networking. When booting
OpenSolaris (without dom0) the pcn0 interface works just fine but
when booting Solaris xVM version them pcn0 does not work (ie)

I get failures from dhcp of the interface. By default the interface is
plumed with no inet address. When I try ifconfig pcn0 dhcp start
it hangs for a few minutes and fails.

Any pointers on how I can resolve this issue.

Thanks

Angelo

Have you tried the 2.0 beta?

James
On May 12, 2008, at 11:35 PM, Angelo Rajadurai wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I got OpenSolaris 2008.05 running as dom0 under VmWare fusion
> on my MacBook pro. Using the instructions from Dipleep''s blog
> http://blogs.sun.com/dkumar/entry/how_to_create_domu_in
>
> Everything seems okay except the networking. When booting
> OpenSolaris (without dom0) the pcn0 interface works just fine but
> when booting Solaris xVM version them pcn0 does not work (ie)
>
> I get failures from dhcp of the interface. By default the interface is
> plumed with no inet address. When I try ifconfig pcn0 dhcp start
> it hangs for a few minutes and fails.
>
> Any pointers on how I can resolve this issue.
>
> Thanks
>
> Angelo
>
> _______________________________________________
> xen-discuss mailing list
> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org

You mean VMware 2. 0 beta right. Yes, thats what I''m using.
Version 2.0b1 (89933)

What is the network driver that I should be using? I do not see the
xnf device being created? Should  I still be able to use the pcn
driver? Has anyone else tried this?

Thanks

Angelo

On May 13, 2008, at 3:37 AM, James Cornell wrote:
> Have you tried the 2.0 beta?
>
> James
> On May 12, 2008, at 11:35 PM, Angelo Rajadurai wrote:
>
>> Hi:
>>
>> I got OpenSolaris 2008.05 running as dom0 under VmWare fusion
>> on my MacBook pro. Using the instructions from Dipleep''s blog
>> http://blogs.sun.com/dkumar/entry/how_to_create_domu_in
>>
>> Everything seems okay except the networking. When booting
>> OpenSolaris (without dom0) the pcn0 interface works just fine but
>> when booting Solaris xVM version them pcn0 does not work (ie)
>>
>> I get failures from dhcp of the interface. By default the interface  
>> is
>> plumed with no inet address. When I try ifconfig pcn0 dhcp start
>> it hangs for a few minutes and fails.
>>
>> Any pointers on how I can resolve this issue.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Angelo
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> xen-discuss mailing list
>> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
>
> _______________________________________________
> xen-discuss mailing list
> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org

On 13 May 2008, at 12:11pm, Angelo Rajadurai wrote:
> You mean VMware 2. 0 beta right. Yes, thats what I''m using.
> Version 2.0b1 (89933)
>
> What is the network driver that I should be using? I do not see the
> xnf device being created? Should  I still be able to use the pcn
> driver? Has anyone else tried this?

I''m a bit confused about what doesn''t work. Please confirm if
I have
it right:

- OpenSolaris 2008.05 boots under VMware 2.0 beta without Xen and  
works fine (pcn interface),
- OpenSolaris 2008.05 boots under VMware 2.0 beta with Xen, but the  
pcn interface doesn''t work.

There are no Xen guest domains involved. Is that right?

On May 13, 2008, at 8:30 AM, David Edmondson wrote:
>
> On 13 May 2008, at 12:11pm, Angelo Rajadurai wrote:
>> You mean VMware 2. 0 beta right. Yes, thats what I''m using.
>> Version 2.0b1 (89933)
>>
>> What is the network driver that I should be using? I do not see the
>> xnf device being created? Should  I still be able to use the pcn
>> driver? Has anyone else tried this?
>
>
> I''m a bit confused about what doesn''t work. Please
confirm if I have
> it right:
>
> - OpenSolaris 2008.05 boots under VMware 2.0 beta without Xen and  
> works fine (pcn interface),
> - OpenSolaris 2008.05 boots under VMware 2.0 beta with Xen, but the  
> pcn interface doesn''t work.
>
> There are no Xen guest domains involved. Is that right?
Yes, this is exactly my issue.

-Angelo
>
>

My take about this:

Angelo, you cannot use VT extensions twice, only one thing can use  
them.  Theoretically you could run a modified domU under VMware or  
VirtualBox since VT extensions are mainly for speed and for supporting  
HVM guests like Windows and FreeBSD.

OpenSolaris 2008.05 for the purpose of everything except  
virtualization works without many issues on VMware Fusion 2.0 beta on  
Mac OS X.  The main issues as they have been, is the mouse.

James
On May 13, 2008, at 7:30 AM, David Edmondson wrote:
>
> On 13 May 2008, at 12:11pm, Angelo Rajadurai wrote:
>> You mean VMware 2. 0 beta right. Yes, thats what I''m using.
>> Version 2.0b1 (89933)
>>
>> What is the network driver that I should be using? I do not see the
>> xnf device being created? Should  I still be able to use the pcn
>> driver? Has anyone else tried this?
>
>
> I''m a bit confused about what doesn''t work. Please
confirm if I have
> it right:
>
> - OpenSolaris 2008.05 boots under VMware 2.0 beta without Xen and  
> works fine (pcn interface),
> - OpenSolaris 2008.05 boots under VMware 2.0 beta with Xen, but the  
> pcn interface doesn''t work.
>
> There are no Xen guest domains involved. Is that right?
>

On 13 May 2008, at 1:38pm, Angelo Rajadurai wrote:
>> - OpenSolaris 2008.05 boots under VMware 2.0 beta with Xen, but the
>> pcn interface doesn''t work.
>>
> Yes, this is exactly my issue.
Figuring out how to fix this (non-working pcn driver when Xen is  
booted under VMware) is not likely to be high up our list of  
priorities. Even if it were, it could well be a very difficult problem  
(especially without having access to the source for the pcn emulator  
(which is part of VMware)).

Did you try asking VMware about it?

You can force 32-bit guests to use e1000 instead under VMware Fusion,  
Server, and Workstationn.

http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-help/2007-February/005224.html

James
On May 13, 2008, at 1:01 PM, David Edmondson wrote:
>
> On 13 May 2008, at 1:38pm, Angelo Rajadurai wrote:
>>> - OpenSolaris 2008.05 boots under VMware 2.0 beta with Xen, but the
>>> pcn interface doesn''t work.
>>>
>> Yes, this is exactly my issue.
>
> Figuring out how to fix this (non-working pcn driver when Xen is
> booted under VMware) is not likely to be high up our list of
> priorities. Even if it were, it could well be a very difficult problem
> (especially without having access to the source for the pcn emulator
> (which is part of VMware)).
>
> Did you try asking VMware about it?
>
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