Ran across this problem recently. Below attached worked for me on a reboot. Still gathering "low level linux administration expertise" here. Would one alternative to the modprobe.conf be to recompile the domU kernel such that it needs no such modprobe entry? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The problem here is that you need to add the following to your modprobe.conf of your domU: alias eth0 xennet Adding this line will load the driver for your fc5 domU. Redhat compiles the xennet driver as a module. So you have to load that module to see the interface. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 2/24/07, Kraska, Joe A (US SSA) <joe.kraska@baesystems.com> wrote:> > Ran across this problem recently. Below attached worked for me on a > reboot. Still gathering "low level linux administration expertise" > here. Would one alternative to the modprobe.conf be to recompile the > domU kernel such that it needs no such modprobe entry?Yes, but why? Having it there keeps the install "more normal"... jerry -- "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> > Ran across this problem recently. Below attached worked for me on a > > reboot. Still gathering "low level linux administration expertise" > > here. Would one alternative to the modprobe.conf be to recompile the > > domU kernel such that it needs no such modprobe entry?> Yes, but why? Having it there keeps the install "more normal"...Fair response. OTOH, it''s not normal for me to have to make manual modprobe.conf entries when installing a redhat OS. Will contemplate the implications overall. Thank you. Joe. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 2/24/07, Kraska, Joe A (US SSA) <joe.kraska@baesystems.com> wrote:> > > Ran across this problem recently. Below attached worked for me on a > > > reboot. Still gathering "low level linux administration expertise" > > > here. Would one alternative to the modprobe.conf be to recompile the > > > domU kernel such that it needs no such modprobe entry? > > > Yes, but why? Having it there keeps the install "more normal"... > > Fair response. OTOH, it''s not normal for me to have to make manual > modprobe.conf entries when installing a redhat OS. Will contemplate > the implications overall. Thank you.Agreed. And that''s a packaging problem. The rpm should have udev awareness added to it so the "usual" device magic is done, even though the device is virtual... jerry -- "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Saturday 24 February 2007, Jerry Amundson wrote:> Agreed. And that''s a packaging problem. The rpm should have udev > awareness added to it so the "usual" device magic is done, even though > the device is virtual...that''s an interesting point: usually at boot time udev detects the existance of several hardware devices. i don''t know how that''s done, does it get some help from the drivers themselves? if that''s true, then the presence of the Xen hypervisor should imply that the xennet module should be loaded. -- Javier _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Ran across this problem recently. Below attached worked for me on a reboot. Still gathering "low level linux administration expertise" here. Would one alternative to the modprobe.conf be to recompile the domU kernel such that it needs no such modprobe entry? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The problem here is that you need to add the following to your modprobe.conf of your domU: alias eth0 xennet --------------------------------------------------------------------- Above works fine. I don''t seen an obvious way to compile xennet support into the kernel wholesale. Is there a way? Joe. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users