xend init script should modprobe xen_gntdev

Bug #894713 reported by Alex Bligh
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xen-common (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Stefan Bader
Nominated for Oneiric by Stefan Bader

Bug Description

The xend init script should modprobe xen_gntdev. Unless this is done, PV drivers will not load for HVM guests. Patch attached.

Tags: patch

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Alex Bligh (ubuntu-alex-org) wrote :
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tags: added: patch
Dave Walker (davewalker)
Changed in xen (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Stefan Bader (smb)
Changed in xen (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)
status: New → In Progress
Stefan Bader (smb)
affects: xen (Ubuntu) → xen-common (Ubuntu)
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Stefan Bader (smb) wrote :

This would be the debdiff as it should hopefully be ok for Precise. I would say we should SRU the same change for Oneiric, too. Need to find out how this is supposed to get submitted correctly...

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package xen-common - 4.1.0~rc6-1ubuntu2

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xen-common (4.1.0~rc6-1ubuntu2) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/xen-utils-common.xend.init: Also added modprobe xen_gntdev.
    Not sure this is the ultimate place for them but it seems the best
    compromise. We do not really want to have those built-in into the
    generic server kernel. The gntdev seems mostly required for xl only
    but it seemed too much to check every run of xl. And xend init is
    run when we start in xen dom0 mode... (LP: #894713)
 -- Stefan Bader <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:20:32 +0000

Changed in xen-common (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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