Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:17:22 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] xen-netfront: enable device after manual module load | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Eduardo Otubo <otubo@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 09:42:16 +0100
> When loading the module after unloading it, the network interface would > not be enabled and thus wouldn't have a backend counterpart and unable > to be used by the guest. > > The guest would face errors like: > > [root@guest ~]# ethtool -i eth0 > Cannot get driver information: No such device > > [root@guest ~]# ifconfig eth0 > eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found > > This patch initializes the state of the netfront device whenever it is > loaded manually, this state would communicate the netback to create its > device and establish the connection between them. > > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Otubo <otubo@redhat.com>
Applied, thank you.
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