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-rw-r--r--docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown6
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/libxl.c7
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown b/docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown
index e0d3d2ada8..3c439d4162 100644
--- a/docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown
@@ -131,10 +131,8 @@ specified IP address to be used by the guest (blocking all others).
### backend
Specifies the backend domain which this device should attach to. This
-defaults to domain 0. This option does not work if `run_hotplug_scripts`
-is not disabled in xl.conf (see xl.conf(5) man page for more information
-on this option). Specifying another domain requires setting up a driver
-domain which is outside the scope of this document.
+defaults to domain 0. Specifying another domain requires setting up a
+driver domain which is outside the scope of this document.
### rate
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.c b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
index bd63a305d7..81785dff4f 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -2820,13 +2820,6 @@ int libxl__device_nic_setdefault(libxl__gc *gc, libxl_device_nic *nic,
rc = libxl__resolve_domid(gc, nic->backend_domname, &nic->backend_domid);
if (rc < 0) return rc;
- if (nic->backend_domid != LIBXL_TOOLSTACK_DOMID && run_hotplug_scripts) {
- LOG(ERROR, "cannot use a backend domain different than %d if"
- "hotplug scripts are executed from libxl",
- LIBXL_TOOLSTACK_DOMID);
- return ERROR_FAIL;
- }
-
switch (libxl__domain_type(gc, domid)) {
case LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_HVM:
if (!nic->nictype)