Bug#388839: dom0 crashes and reboots machine when domU is started.

[Ernesto Hernández-Novich <emhn@movistar.net.ve>]

Package: xen-linux-system-2.6.17-2-xen-686
Version: 2.6.17-9

I have a testing (Etch) system up to date as of today. I installed

ii  libc6-xen                          2.3.6.ds1-4
ii  linux-image-2.6.17-2-xen-686       2.6.17-9
ii  linux-modules-2.6.17-2-xen-686     2.6.17-9
ii  xen-docs-3.0-unstable              3.0-unstable+hg11292-2
ii  xen-hypervisor-3.0-unstable-1-i386 3.0-unstable+hg11292-2
ii  xen-ioemu-3.0-unstable             3.0-unstable+hg11292-2
ii  xen-linux-system-2.6.17-2-xen-686  2.6.17-9
ii  xen-tools                          2.5-2
ii  xen-utils-3.0-unstable-1           3.0-unstable+hg11292-2
ii  xen-utils-common                   3.0+hg11292-2

Hypervisor boots and loads dom0 fine. I had to add 'netloop' to /etc/modules
in order for the bridge to be configured properly.

After that, I built a couple of domU images, one with Sarge and the other with
Etch. When either domU is started, the dom0 panics and reboots. If I remove
the 'vif' from the domu.cfg, then the domU boots but without network interfaces.

I'm using

(network-script network-bridge)
(vif-script vif-bridge)

in xend-config.sxp, and

kernel  = '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-2-xen-686'
ramdisk = '/boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-2-xen-686'
vif = [ 'ip=192.168.0.30' ]

in domu.cfg; note that commenting out the last line allows the domU to boot,
but without network interfaces.
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