[xen-tools] Re: xennet

[Steve Kemp]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 06:58:33PM -0400, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> The Fedora kernel I'm using for the Debian Xen guests doesn't have xennet 
> compiled in, so the network doesn't start on the boot of the 
> xen-create-image-created system.  This is true even when I use the Fedora 
> initrd for xenU.
> 
> Is this something you would be willing to change in the package, through 
> e.g. putting xennet in /etc/modules?

  I think this is the kind of thing that you should probably consider
 a local change.

  Create the directory /etc/xen-tools/skel.d/etc, and place a 
 file called "modules" inside it.  This will be copied over to
 your new system(s).

  I think your situation of installing Debian upon a Fedora host
 with a kernel not having xennet compiled in is sufficiently unusual
 that it isn't something that should be handled automatically.

  (Failing that you could write a shell script and place it in
 /usr/lib/xen-tools/debian.d/ - using the existing scripts as a guide.)

Steve
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