[libvirt] Xen driver and vif naming

Hello, I am currently trying to use libvirt (debian stable, version 0.8.3) to gather some information about our xen server. (I am complete libvirt newbie :-) ). But when trying to get some info about network interfaces (e.g. via "virsh -c xen:/// domifstat domname vif1.0"), I am receiving an error: error: Failed to get interface stats domname vif1.0 error: invalid argument in xenHypervisorDomainInterfaceStats: invalid path, vif<domid> should match this domain ID The error is right, the 1 in vif name does not match domain id. Due to some restarts, the id is right now 6. In Xen configuration, I am using the vifname=vif1.0 option to set the interface name - I need this so I can refer to these names in firewall configuration (I am not using a bridge between xen interfaces). I have found no way to set the domain ID to a fixed number, so it is always generated (and always different from the vif name). So, for me, this mis-match is expected. Why is libvirt checking the name against the id? Any real reason for this? Any known workaround to circumvent this problem for me? Thanks a lot Regards Tomas P.S. - I am not subscribed to the list, please keep me on the cc-list.