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To:	Mike Viau <viaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] vif = [ ' ' ] vs. vif0 = [ ' ' ] in HVM DomU configuration file
From:	"Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:48:55 +0700
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On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Mike Viau <viaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was hoping to get an understanding on what the difference between using a
> vif vs. a vif0 line in the HVM DomU configuration file was?
>
> Is vif0 actually legal?

I don't think so. Do you have a working network emulated network card
inside domU? Non-existing configuration items in old-style config file
does not cause error, but simply ignored.

>
> I was getting the "vif could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working"
> error, and by changing vif to vif0 corrected the problem, immediately.
>
> Also in my windows XP guest I see an unknown PCI device. Is this possibly
> the network card?

No. It's Xen PCI device. Once you have driver for that (using PV
drivers), you'll be able to get additional PV hardware (NIC and disk
controller).

-- 
Fajar

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