Re: [Xen-devel] xen-unstable on OL6 (RHEL6 clone) problems

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 11:44 +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 03:09 +0000, Todd Deshane wrote: 
> > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Stefano Stabellini
> > > <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 10 Feb 2011, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> > > >> Is this commented out and easy to turn on?  Or maybe it's NOT
> > > >> commented out and is causing the breakage I am seeing?
> > > >
> > > > The script is still installed but nobody is calling it.
> > > > If you are using xl you need to add
> > > >
> > > > /etc/xen/scripts/network-bridge start
> > > >
> > > > somewhere in your init scripts.
> > > 
> > > With xl you need to do this?
> > > So like in /etc/rc.local?
> > 
> > This is a quick and dirty hack which brings back the old xend solution,
> > with all the brokenness and caveats described in IanJ's mail from last
> > night (it's worse than the previous xend solution if anything).
> > 
> > We should _not_ be recommending to users that they do this. Stefano,
> > please do not muddy the waters for people trying to upgrade by doing so.
> 
> In no way I meant to recommend this option to the users, but it might be
> worth mentioning it in the wiki.

I don't think so.

The wiki should contains a clear statement of the correct and
recommended best practice.

The only thing worse for users than making a change like this and
failing to adequately document it would be to make a change and then
document it with a set of inconsistent and incompatible recommendations.

Ian.



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