--- wikisrc/ports/xen/howto.mdwn	2015/01/28 19:27:11	1.87
+++ wikisrc/ports/xen/howto.mdwn	2015/02/10 17:38:14	1.88
@@ -401,6 +401,18 @@ With xl, the commands are the same, and 
 different.  TODO: add example output for xl before the xm example,
 after confirming on 4.2 and resolving the TODO about rc.conf.
 
+### Issues with xencommons
+
+xencommons starts xenstored, which stores data on behalf of dom0 and
+domUs.  It does not currently work to stop and start xenstored.
+Certainly all domUs should be shutdown first, following the sort order
+of the rc.d scripts.  However, the dom0 sets up state with xenstored,
+and is not notified when xenstored exits, leading to not recreating
+the state when the new xenstored starts.  Until there's a mechanism to
+make this work, one should not expect to be able to restart xenstored
+(and thus xencommons).  There is currently no reason to expect that
+this will get fixed any time soon.
+
 anita (for testing NetBSD)
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