Re: [Xen-devel] v2.6 xen0 defconfig

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In any case, recent fixes should now mean that xend correctly
daemonises itself with no external assistance.

 -- Keir

> 
> " > Something during xend startup needs iptables.  The network script
> 
> " How does xend fail for you without these table configured? I run with
> 
> The domain had no network access, because the vif wasn't being added to
> the bridge correctly.   Turns out the problem was that xend wouldn't run
> the network script successfully when run outside a normal foreground
> process context.  The config options were not the real problem (unlike
> what I had posted last time). oops
> 
> 
> After further review, I think I know what happened.   When I started
> xend remotely,   xenU domain's could not send or recv any network packets.
> While trying to figure why networking failed,  I had run
> the xen/scripts/network file by hand.  The script has anit-spoof on by
> default, which is what requires the ipt_physdev and iptable_filter module.
> After I ran network by hand, the remote tool I used (a customized gexec)
> could start xend OK.  I mistakenly concluded the iptables modules were
> required.
> 
> Later I discovered the tool's deamon-ize option didn't play well with
> xend, but Debian's start-stop-daemon can daemonize xend just fine.
> 
> So start-stop-daemon solves my original problem, and the extra config
> options I posted are just needed when running xen/scripts/network with
> anti-spoof turned on. 



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