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| -rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen.mdwn | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen/networking_configuration.mdwn | 46 |
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diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen.mdwn index 47a7804b..20fa3e62 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen.mdwn @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Here is a sample /etc/xen/hurd configuration vif = [ '' ] ramdisk = "/boot/hurd-modules" +Suggestions about [[networking_configuration]] are available. + ## Running Hurd with Xen To run Hurd with Xen, use: diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen/networking_configuration.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen/networking_configuration.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..15af862c --- /dev/null +++ b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen/networking_configuration.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[meta license="""[[toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled +[[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +The Xen dom0 infrastructure provides for a bridged networking setup using shell +scripts to configure the bridging device properly and attach the domUs' virtual +interfaces to the bridge. However, we've [seen +problems](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2008-08/msg00023.html) +when using this approach, so to [solve these +issues](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2008-09/msg00071.html), +instead suggest the following configuration method (to achieve the same thing). + +This is for a Debian dom0. + +# */etc/network/interfaces* + +Comment out everything referencing your physical devices. Add this: + + auto br0 + iface br0 inet dhcp + bridge_ports regex (eth|vif).* noregex + +... or if you want to do the manual configuration dance: + + auto br0 + iface br0 inet static + bridge_ports regex (eth|vif).* noregex + address 192.168.10.60 + netmask 255.255.255.0 + [...] + +This needs a version of the `bridge-utils` package more recent than the current +Debian stable one ([[debbug 405215]]). (It's trivial to rebuild the `dpkg` of, +e.g., the Debian testing one on Debian stable.) + +# */etc/xen/xend-config.sxp* + +Make sure that only `(network-script network-dummy)` and `(vif-script +vif-bridge)` are activated and all other `(network-script network-WHATEVER)`, +respective `(vif-script vif-WHATEVER)` are commented out. |