Broken dependency for xen-blkfront and xen-netfront
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Bug Description
When running in a xen domU the modules xen-blkfront and xen-netfront (for access to virtual block and net devices) require the Xen "platform-pci" module to be loaded (or compiled into the kernel), but this is not build into standard/install initramfs in Natty. The modules can be loaded, but do not detect any devices due to the lack of platform-pci.
A workaround (on an already running system) is to add platform-pci to /etc/initramfs-
Additional details are available here: http://
(This only applies to Natty and possibly backports, as this is only used for "PV-on-HVM" feature which was introduced in 2.6.37)
Actually platform-pci.ko is missing in 2.6.38 (Alpha2) completely and is not just missing in (install/stock) initramfs of 2.6.37-12-server / 2.6.37-7-server (Alpha1).