From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Axel Kittenberger Subject: Re: Mac-Address uniqueness Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:19:44 +0200 Message-ID: <465FF2C0.4030101@univie.ac.at> References: <465E98B7.5050402@univie.ac.at> <465F72EA.9080608@zytor.com> <465FBC08.7000102@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, "H. Peter Anvin" To: Avi Kivity Return-path: In-Reply-To: <465FBC08.7000102-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org > That tends to consume dhcp leases quickly, if you start guests often (as > I do). Also, some distributions use the mac address as a key for naming > interfaces; if it changes, the guest gets confused > Couldn't we do some sort of hash on the image path+filename? So same image starts always with same MAC, different images -> different mac adresses. I guess I am supposed to post this suggestion on the qemu mailinglist. ;-) - Axel PS: Other topic, I still wonder how a guest can bevahe totally different on networking (unable to use network) when macaddr is set by kvm parameters? For me this sounds like a bug, not? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/