[Xen-devel] xen kernel and e1000 problem

Anand Gupta
Tue, 26 Dec 2006 20:01:06 -0000

I have tried to search for this on this mailing list however haven''t
had any
luck with a solution.

The problem basically is as follows:

WoodCrest 5150
Intel s5000xvn Motherboard
4GB Ram
750 GB SATA

Now when i run centos 4.4 kernel, the onboard 2 Intel Gigabit ethernet work
out of the box.

However when i compile a xen kernel (tried "make dist", manual kernel
compile), the two ethernet stop working. It looks as though the system tries
to setup them as wireless cards. Here is the output of /etc/init.d/network
restart with xen enabled kernel.

Shutting down loopback interface:                          [  OK  ]
Setting network parameters:                                [  OK  ]
Bringing up loopback interface:                            [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface eth0:  Error for wireless request "Set Encode"
(8B2A)
:
    SET failed on device eth0 ; No such device.
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device eth0 ; No such device.
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
Failed to bring up eth0.
                                                           [FAILED]

I also tried to manually build the kernel, and instead of making the intel
driver as module, compiled it into the kernel. However the problem remains
same. lspci shows both the cards present under xen kernel.

Can someone please tell me what can be done to resolve this issue ? Will
really appreciate it.

--
regards,

Anand Gupta


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