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From: Janne Snabb <snabb@epipe.com>
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Subject: Re: Panic XENHVM
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On Sat, 21 May 2011, Sean Bruno wrote:

> xn0: Error 2 parsing device/vif/0/mac
[..]
> panic: do something smart

This is becoming a FAQ. It is a known bug which affects lots of
people.

Have a look at: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/154302

In summary: You need to remove "ioemu" from Xen vif definition (if
possible) or you need to patch the kernel source.

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