Re: [libvirt] troubles creating an OVS network with xen, libxl and libvirt.

Alvin Starr wrote: > One more quirk > > I can create a domain using the lx commands and a slightly modified > .conf file. > "virsh start kvmtest" returns a failure. > I tracked the information passed to vif-openvswitch and it is being > called with type_if=tap and it needs to be type_if=vif. Sounds like a Xen bug. Does it call vif-openvswitch twice? Once for an emulated NIC and once for PV nic?

> Any help would be greatly appreciated once again. [...] > name = "kvmtest" > uuid = "1883fa66-d052-4bb2-b57a-8571f77ae69e" > maxmem = 4096 > memory = 4096 > vcpus = 3 > builder = "hvm" > kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" > boot = "nc" > pae = 1 > acpi = 1 > apic = 1 > hap = 0 > viridian = 0 > rtc_timeoffset = 0 > localtime = 0 > on_poweroff = "destroy" > on_reboot = "restart" > on_crash = "restart" > device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm" > usb = 1 > usbdevice = "tablet" > sdl = 0 > vnc = 1 > vncunused = 1 > keymap = "en-us" > disk = [ "phy:/dev/xen_images/kvmtest,hda,w" ] > vif = [ "mac=00:16:3e:3f:31:36,bridge=br0,script=vif-bridge,model=e1000" ] > Shouldn't that be '...,script=vif-openvswitch,...'? Also, if your guest has PV drivers, you could set 'model=netfront' to explicitly say you only want the PV NIC.

Regards, Jim > parallel = "none" > serial = "pty" >