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xen-utils-common: bridging script breaks networking)
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Package: xen-utils-common
Version: 3.0+hg11292-2
Severity: serious
Justification: breaks unrelated services
Freshly installed amd64 etch system.
When running /etc/xen/scripts/network-bridge start, the system becomes
completely unreachable from the network.
Running ifconfig, I can see eth0 (which is the virtual interface now if
I am correct), having the mac and IP address of the real eth0, and a
peth0 and xenbr0 both having no IP address and a mac address of
FE+(5 times :FF).
When I set the IP address of xenbr0 manually to the eth0 address,
networking works again. But I am not sure whether that's how it is
supposed to be.
Regards,
Filip
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-xen-amd64
Locale: LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages xen-utils-common depends on:
ii lsb-base 3.1-15 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
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--- Begin Message ---
Upon further investigation, the issue I ran into was caused by buggy
Dell firmware on the Broadcom NetXtreme II adapters, which the PowerEdge
2950 I was trying Xen on is equipped with.
Running "uxdiag -c 1 -mfw 0 -t abcd" and "uxdiag -c 2 -mfw 0 -t abcd" to
disable IPMI on both adapters seems to have fixed the issue by disabling
the IPMI firmware. This utility can be downloaded from
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?fileid=166803
(the downloadable file is a self-extracting zip archive). A msdos boot
floppy will be needed to use it.
I found the solution on the Dell Linux PowerEdge list:
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2006-August/026690.html
Regards,
Filip
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