From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 1 23:42:23 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 147AB16A400 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 23:42:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kip.macy@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C537313C4B7 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 23:42:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kip.macy@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so1911877wra for ; Tue, 01 May 2007 16:42:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=K8hFPxdOHpn1tOqKRpxueVfdqT1v+ZfcX6jnnK0TFgNpvdA6tQ6KCWixEsiYPQMTo66bxqvP6WkGIKupX4j0fqThvc/jK5pDYonIQTjeIHo24cc454NTiyKS4rtsu39FpHiqnNSkMd7bJaaD9TjY9d+nKnO9+UIw6+NAkjCs5Ss= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=cGTDm4wymud81PRM6K+xN+GQ/xlUal8iFs61oUQfp8qqeua+1VFImgJn3y5f4eNpwzWYCEDcgmXdJ4vlXOa5Ozvr5iDSsvMpIPSWK85Hqk8JRofQoN6W1cRRQc4M+xhYiVXZm+ZF5OAiFXxddr1X4wBAXdkGWnoS3NCIw07XkEs= Received: by 10.78.200.3 with SMTP id x3mr9158huf.1178061459735; Tue, 01 May 2007 16:17:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.162.15 with HTTP; Tue, 1 May 2007 16:17:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 16:17:39 -0700 From: "Kip Macy" To: "Mukosi Mukwevho" In-Reply-To: <2eb767d30705011546q7ada786eh425ed3e01e5f2c01@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2eb767d30705011546q7ada786eh425ed3e01e5f2c01@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net , kmacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 Xen DomU kernel support for DUMMYNET X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 23:42:23 -0000 On 5/1/07, Mukosi Mukwevho wrote: > Hi Kip, > > I managed to get the FreedBSD domU booted under Xen. I am having problem > getting IPFW and DUMMYNET working, does the DomU kernel support DUMMYNET? > The IPFW firewall does not seem to start. > Please help. Congratulations. Given that no work has gone into it in the past year, that is no mean feat. DUMMYNET and IPFW should not have any dependence on the MD code. However, it is entirely possible that the virtual networking driver is doing something wrong. I'm cc'ing -net in the hope that someone might know what is preventing it from working. -Kip